SHIED
What does "SHIED" mean?
Past tense of 'shy': moved suddenly aside or drew back in fear or distaste.
Meanings
- Started or moved suddenly sideways in alarm, as a horse does. The horse shied at the rustling in the hedge and nearly threw its rider.
- Avoided or recoiled from something out of nervousness or reluctance (usually 'shied away from'). She shied away from any question about her past.
- Threw something sharply or carelessly. He shied a stone across the pond to skip it. informal
Did you know?
- 'Shy' and 'eschew' are distant cousins: both descend from a Germanic root for fearful avoidance, so the wallflower and the abstainer share an ancestor.
Word origin
Past tense of the verb 'shy', from the adjective 'shy', from Old English 'sceoh' meaning timid or easily frightened, from Proto-Germanic '*skeuhwaz'.
Remember it
SHIED keeps the Y of SHY only as a hidden sound - the verb swaps Y for I+ED, like 'try' to 'tried'.
A little poem
The colt shied from its own black shape-
a shadow stretched too long by dusk-
and ran from nothing all the way home.
tercet
What it teaches
We rarely shy from the danger itself, only from the shape our fear casts ahead of it.
Quick facts
What does SHIED mean?
Past tense of 'shy': moved suddenly aside or drew back in fear or distaste.
Is SHIED a valid word?
Yes — SHIED is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SHIED?
SHIED has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SHIED come from?
Past tense of the verb 'shy', from the adjective 'shy', from Old English 'sceoh' meaning timid or easily frightened, from Proto-Germanic '*skeuhwaz'.
What can SHIED teach us?
We rarely shy from the danger itself, only from the shape our fear casts ahead of it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.