Definition of "shies" []

• Third person singular present tense of shy1. (verb)
• Plural of shy1. (noun)
• Third person singular present tense of shy2. (verb)
• Plural of shy2. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Discussion shies from the work of artists, withdraws to the question of survival, the ominous question of the future."
• "He shies from the flowing water, unwilling to cross,"
• "PETERSEN: Yeah, well, you know, being raised in FLDS, you know, it kind of shies you away from any religion."