scarecrows (0 synonym found)

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Definition of scarecrows:

(n) : An 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.
(n) : (by extension, derogatory) A 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.
(v) : To frighten or terrify (someone or something), as if using a scarecrow.
(n) : (figuratively) Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.
(n) : (dated) Synonym of crow scarer (“a farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields”).
(n) : The black tern (Chlidonias niger).

Definition of scarecrows:

(n) : An 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.
(n) : (by extension, derogatory) A 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.
(v) : To frighten or terrify (someone or something), as if using a scarecrow.
(n) : (figuratively) Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.
(n) : (dated) Synonym of crow scarer (“a farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields”).
(n) : The black tern (Chlidonias niger).

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