scarecrow

Etymology
The is derived from. The word displaced other terms such as,  or , and  (perhaps imitative of the cry of crows).

The is derived from the noun.

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 crops or seeds planted there.
 * 2)  A person regarded as resembling a scarecrow (sense 1) in some way; especially, a tall, thin, awkward person; or a person wearing ragged and tattered clothes.
 * 3) Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.
 * 4)  Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
 * 5) The black tern.
 * 6) The hooded crow.
 * 1) Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.
 * 2)  Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
 * 3) The black tern.
 * 4) The hooded crow.
 * 1) Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.
 * 2)  Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
 * 3) The black tern.
 * 4) The hooded crow.
 * 1) Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.
 * 2)  Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
 * 3) The black tern.
 * 4) The hooded crow.
 * 1)  Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
 * 2) The black tern.
 * 3) The hooded crow.
 * 1)  Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.
 * 2) The black tern.
 * 3) The hooded crow.
 * 1) The hooded crow.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: voëlverskrikker, strooipop
 * Albanian:, ,
 * Arabic: فَزَّاعَة
 * Egyptian Arabic: تخويف
 * Hijazi Arabic: فَزَّاعَة
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: চৌ
 * Azerbaijani: müqəvva,, qorxuluq
 * Bashkir: ҡарасҡы
 * Basque: arranpalo,, txori-izugarri
 * Belarusian: пу́дзіла
 * Bengali: কাকতাড়ুয়া
 * Breton:, spontailh-brini, bouga
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: စာချောက်ရုပ်
 * Catalan:, , ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 稻草人
 * Mandarin:
 * Chuvash: катемпи
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Erzya: тандавкс
 * Esperanto: birdotimigilo, ĉifonfiguro
 * Estonian: hernehirmutis
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: საფრთხობელა
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Gehuuri
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: ચાડિયો
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: fuglahræða
 * Ido:, ucel-terorigilo
 * Indonesian:, orang-orangan sawah, penakut burung
 * Ingrian: variksiinvahti
 * Iranun:
 * Irish: fear bréige, fear falsa
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 僧都, 鹿威し, スケアクロウ
 * Kannada:, , , ,
 * Kashubian: strôszk
 * Khmer: ចំឡោង, តាដុង,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Southern Kurdish:
 * Ladin: spantedl
 * Lao:
 * Latin: formīdo avium, terricula, terriculum avium
 * Latvian: biedēklis,
 * Lithuanian: baidyklė, kaliausė
 * Low German:
 * Dutch Low Saxon: aarteschuw, voegelverschrikker
 * Macedonian: стра́шило, пла́шило
 * Maguindanao:
 * Malay: orang-orang
 * Malayalam:
 * Maranao: parayong
 * Maricopa: chiyer thʼer
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: fugleskremme, fugleskremsel, fugleskremsle
 * O'odham: vaṣai gakidagĭ odham
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Goadengrul, Hieezhgrul
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਡਰੋਣਾ
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: spaventegl
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: bogle, craw-bogle, tattie-bogle, tattie-boodie
 * Scottish Gaelic: bodach feannaig, bodach ròcais
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пла̏шило, стра̏шило
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: setshosa
 * Southern Altai: ӱркӱткиш
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: bebegig
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: alay-ay, balyan, espantaho
 * Tajik: хӯса
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:, వెరబొమ్మ, దృష్టిబొమ్మ
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: опу́дало, поторо́ча
 * Vietnamese: bẹo chim,, , mặt mả
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: bwgan brain


 * Finnish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 骨瘦如柴的人
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:, spilungona
 * Slovene: strašilo
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: pelottelutaktiikka

Verb

 * 1) To cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1).
 * 2) To splay (one's arms) away from the body, like the arms of a scarecrow.
 * 3) To frighten or terrify (someone or something), as if using a scarecrow.
 * 4)  To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.
 * 1) To splay (one's arms) away from the body, like the arms of a scarecrow.
 * 2) To frighten or terrify (someone or something), as if using a scarecrow.
 * 3)  To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.
 * 1) To frighten or terrify (someone or something), as if using a scarecrow.
 * 2)  To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.
 * 1) To frighten or terrify (someone or something), as if using a scarecrow.
 * 2)  To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.
 * 1)  To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.
 * 1)  To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.
 * 1)  To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.
 * 1)  To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.
 * 1)  To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.
 * 1)  To spoil the appearance of (something, such as the landscape or a view), as scarecrows may be regarded as doing.

Translations

 * Finnish: saada näyttämään jäykältä


 * Finnish: