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Scarecrow

Noun

Définitions

1.NounAn effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2.NounA person or animal regarded as resembling a scarecrow (sense 1) in some way; especially, a tall, thin, awkward person; or a person wearing ragged and tattered clothes.
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3.NounSynonym of crow scarer (“a farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields”).
4.NounAnything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger. Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
5.NounAnything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.
6.NounMilitary equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
7.NounThe black tern (Chlidonias niger). The hooded crow (Corvus cornix).
8.NounThe black tern (Chlidonias niger).
9.NounThe hooded crow (Corvus cornix).
10.VerbTo cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1). To splay (one's arms) away from the body, like the arms of a scarecrow.
11.VerbTo splay (one's arms) away from the body, like the arms of a scarecrow.
12.VerbTo frighten or terrify (someone or something), as if using a scarecrow.
13.VerbTo spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.
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