scarecrow
/ˈskɛə.kɹəʊ//ˈskɛəɹ.kɹoʊ/
noun
- 1
An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating seeds or crops planted there.
- 2
A tall, thin, awkward person.
- 3
Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger.
- 4
A person clad in rags and tatters.
- 5
A bird, the black tern.
verb
- 1
To splay rigidly outward, like the arms of a scarecrow.
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