nervous or timid in the company of other people
I was pretty shy at school
a shy smile
less than; short of
the shares are 29p shy of their flotation price
(of a plant) not bearing flowers or fruit well or prolifically
(especially of a horse) start suddenly aside in fright at an object, noise, or movement
their horses shied at the unfamiliar sight
an act of flinging or throwing something at a target