shied
SaySHYD/ʃaɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of shy.
The startled mare shied at the sudden flash of lightning.
She has always shied away from speaking in front of large crowds.
Note
One spelling carries every meaning of the verb: a horse shied at the noise, a timid speaker shied away from a crowd, a boy shied a stone at a window. The y turns to i before -ed, giving shied, not shyed, and the same form serves the simple past and the perfect with have. In Scotland it also covers the two-handed throw-in at football and the sideline hit in shinty.
shied is a form of shy
shy, verb: To avoid something out of caution, embarrassment, or timidity. Full entry
- Spelling
- shy → shied: change y to i, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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