Scarecrow

/ˈskerkrəʊ/

noun

A model of a person made of old clothes and other items, often placed in fields to keep birds away from crops.

The cornfield was guarded by a ragged scarecrow.

Often appears as...

making a scarecrow
ragged scarecrow

noun

A very thin, ragged person, especially one that looks poor and is dressed in worn out clothes.

He was a tall, scarecrow of a man, with a gaunt face and disheveled hair.

Often appears as...

scarecrow of a man
look like a scarecrow

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noun

A model of a person made of old clothes and other items, often placed in fields to keep birds away from crops.

The cornfield was guarded by a ragged scarecrow.

Often appears as...

making a scarecrow
ragged scarecrow

noun

A very thin, ragged person, especially one that looks poor and is dressed in worn out clothes.

He was a tall, scarecrow of a man, with a gaunt face and disheveled hair.

Often appears as...

scarecrow of a man
look like a scarecrow

Usage tips

Disapproving

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Agricultural Context

Used in rural or farming environments where scaring birds from crops is important.

Farmers often set up a scarecrow in the midst of their fields during the planting season.

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Cultural Symbol

Scarecrows are a symbol of autumn, harvest time, and rural life in many cultures.

During the fall festival, children created their own scarecrow with colorful autumn attire.

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Non-living Identifier

A scarecrow is an object, not a living person, even though it's made to look human-like.

Despite looking eerie at night, the scarecrow is just a lifeless figure meant to ward off birds.

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Agricultural Context

Used in rural or farming environments where scaring birds from crops is important.

Farmers often set up a scarecrow in the midst of their fields during the planting season.

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Cultural Symbol

Scarecrows are a symbol of autumn, harvest time, and rural life in many cultures.

During the fall festival, children created their own scarecrow with colorful autumn attire.

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Non-living Identifier

A scarecrow is an object, not a living person, even though it's made to look human-like.

Despite looking eerie at night, the scarecrow is just a lifeless figure meant to ward off birds.

Pro Tip 1/3

Agricultural Context

Used in rural or farming environments where scaring birds from crops is important.

Farmers often set up a scarecrow in the midst of their fields during the planting season.

Pro Tip 2/3

Cultural Symbol

Scarecrows are a symbol of autumn, harvest time, and rural life in many cultures.

During the fall festival, children created their own scarecrow with colorful autumn attire.

Pro Tip 3/3

Non-living Identifier

A scarecrow is an object, not a living person, even though it's made to look human-like.

Despite looking eerie at night, the scarecrow is just a lifeless figure meant to ward off birds.

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his vitals with scarecrows filled with water melons and eggs and tomatoes and that's to act like the internal parts of the body and it'll tell us how that body would survive during this explosion rod and Chris from the bomb squad are wiring up the car with a pound of explosives

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Richard Turere: My...

because it was even helping the lions to see through the cowshed. So I didn't give up. I continued. And a second idea I got was to use a scarecrow. I was trying to trick the lions that I was standing near the cowshed.