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synonyms for shied

  • avert
  • bypass
  • dodge
  • escape
  • evade
  • fend off
  • shun
  • sidestep
  • ward off
  • abstain
  • circumvent
  • deflect
  • desist
  • ditch
  • divert
  • duck
  • elude
  • eschew
  • flee
  • hide
  • jump
  • obviate
  • recoil
  • shake
  • shirk
  • shy
  • skip
  • skirt
  • weave
  • withdraw
  • circumlocute
  • cold-shoulder
  • fake out
  • give the slip
  • hold off
  • keep clear
  • lay low
  • run for cover
  • shake and bake
  • shake off
  • shrink from
  • shuffle off
  • skip out on
  • skip town
  • stay away
  • stay out
  • steer clear of
  • step aside
  • turn aside

antonyms for shied

MOST RELEVANT
  • face
  • meet
  • allow
  • help
  • permit
  • stay
  • take on
  • seek
  • want
  • confront
  • disclose
  • divulge
  • encounter
  • expose
  • face
  • lay bare
  • let out
  • meet
  • open
  • reveal
  • show
  • stay
  • tell
  • uncover
  • accept
  • aid
  • clear up
  • enlighten
  • explain
  • help
  • order
  • organize
  • release
  • remain
  • tell the truth
  • take on
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How to use shied in a sentence

Several times she had startled antelope, and once her horse had shied at a rattlesnake coiled in the sunshine.
MYSTERY RANCHARTHUR CHAPMAN
Long grass bordered the road on either side, and Barrington's horse suddenly shied and became restive.
THE LIGHT THAT LURESPERCY BREBNER
Jack suddenly threw up his meditative head, shied, and stood upon his hind-legs.
ST. NICHOLAS, VOL. 5, NO. 5, MARCH, 1878VARIOUS
His appearance was so startling that the colt shied, and in less than five seconds we were all piled in the ditch.
THE RED COW AND HER FRIENDSPETER MCARTHUR
But it struck Farnsworth, as he said afterward, that the boy "shied" a little.
THE CALICO CATCHARLES MINER THOMPSON
Only you stood by me and Walker shied, so he can face the mob and the music, and we'll clear.
COLONIAL BORNG. FIRTH SCOTT
His horse shied and tried to turn back, but Tony kept him going.
COLONIAL BORNG. FIRTH SCOTT
Then, the next night, he walked down Philmore Street, and shied the package onto the lawn so that it would be near the door.
FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERSF. SCOTT FITZGERALD
Miss Fox obligingly unfastened the frying-pan, and shied it, quoit-like, down the table to her hostess.
THE OPEN QUESTIONELIZABETH ROBINS
Then a man came out of an adjacent hut and shied knobsticks into the lot, dispersing them with many a pained yell.
A FRONTIER MYSTERYBERTRAM MITFORD
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