an object made to resemble a human figure, set up to scare birds away from a field where crops are growing.
informal a person who is very badly dressed, odd-looking, or thin:a gaunt little scarecrow in threadbare workhouse clothesshe has reduced herself to a scarecrow [as modifier]:scarecrow tatters
archaic an object of baseless fear.
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Definition of scarecrow in the US English dictionary
