shy vs silent

shy

adj
  • Cautious; wary; suspicious. 

  • Easily frightened; timid. 

  • Embarrassed. 

  • Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach. 

  • Short, insufficient or less than. 

verb
  • To avoid due to caution, embarrassment or timidness. 

  • (transitive) or (intransitive) To throw a ball with two hands above the head, especially when it has crossed the side lines in a football (soccer) match. To hit the ball back into play from the sidelines in a shinty match. 

  • To jump back in fear. 

  • To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling. 

noun
  • In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx. 

  • In soccer, a throw-in from the sidelines, using two hands above the head. In shinty, the act of tossing the ball above the head and hitting it with the shaft of the caman to bring it back into play after it has been hit out of the field. 

  • An act of throwing. 

  • A place for throwing. 

  • A sudden start aside, as by a horse. 

silent

adj
  • Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative. 

  • With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode. 

  • Hidden, unseen. 

  • Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged. 

  • Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed. 

  • Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. 

  • Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. 

  • Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence. 

  • Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour. 

  • Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent. 

  • Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms. 

  • Without audio capability. 

noun
  • A silent movie 

  • That which is silent; a time of silence. 

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