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scarecrow

/ˈskeəkrəʊ/

/ˈskɛrˌkroʊ/

Translations

scarecrownoun

scarecrows

/ˈskeəkrəʊ/

/ˈskɛrˌkroʊ/

пугало

The farmer placed a scarecrow in the field to keep the birds away.

Фермер поставил пугало в поле, чтобы отпугивать птиц.

Additional translations

Synonyms

scarecrowadjective

more scarecrow

Comp.

most scarecrow

Super.

/ˈskeə.krəʊ/

/ˈskɛr.kroʊ/

Used attributively (e.g., "scarecrow costume") and descriptively to mean ragged or resembling a scarecrow.

Synonyms

Definitions

scarecrownoun

An object, usually made to resemble a human figure, that is set up in a field to scare birds away from crops.

The farmer placed a scarecrow in the middle of the cornfield to keep the crows away.

A person who is very thin or gaunt in appearance.

After his illness, he looked like a scarecrow, having lost so much weight.

Something that is intended to frighten but is actually harmless or ineffective.

The supposedly strict new law turned out to be a mere scarecrow with no enforcement behind it.

scarecrowadjective

Ragged, scruffy, or resembling a scarecrow in appearance; also used attributively before another noun.

He arrived in a scarecrow coat with straw still clinging to it.