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scarecrow

[ skair-kroh ]

noun

  1. an object, usually a figure of a person in old clothes, set up to frighten crows crow or other birds away from crops.
  2. anything frightening but not really dangerous.
  3. a person in ragged clothes.
  4. an extremely thin person.


scarecrow

/ 藞蝉办蓻蓹藢办谤蓹蕣 /

noun

  1. an object, usually in the shape of a man, made out of sticks and old clothes to scare birds away from crops
  2. a person or thing that appears frightening but is not actually harmful
  3. informal.
    1. an untidy-looking person
    2. a very thin person
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of scarecrow1

First recorded in 1545鈥55; scare + crow 1
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Mr Tayebwa said he has been engaging farmers to use different deterrent methods like scarecrows to protect their crops from invading cranes.

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Earlier in the telecast, Roan took the stage along with her entourage of western clowns and scarecrow dancers for a performance of 鈥淧ink Pony Club,鈥 her anthem celebrating queer nightlife in West Hollywood.

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This lent more than a modicum of weight to the observation once made by Thomas Jefferson: 鈥淓xperience has already shown that the impeachment the Constitution has provided is not even a scarecrow.鈥

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The researchers focused on two key regulators of cell division in Arabidopsis -- proteins called short-root and scarecrow that, together, prompt dividing root cells to make the switch.

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There was still a 鈥淔or Sale鈥 sign posted on a weather-beaten and leafless tree that resembled a scarecrow warning people to stay away.

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