Scarecrow - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Scarecrow :  (noun)

1: an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds [syn: straw man, strawman, bird-scarer, scarer]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Scarecrow : \Scare"crow`\, n. 1. Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger.

A scarecrow set to frighten fools away. --Dryden.

2. A person clad in rags and tatters.

No eye hath seen such scarecrows. I'll not march with them through Coventry, that's flat. --Shak.

3. (Zo["o]l.) The black tern. [Prov. Eng.]

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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