| Pronunciation: | | 'skehr`krow
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| Matching Terms: | | scarecrowish
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds |
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| | Synonyms: | | bird-scarer, scarer, strawman |
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| | See Also: | | effigy, image, simulacrum |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.]
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a scarecrow in your dream indicates depression. You are going through some crisis in your life. |
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