scarecrow

«scarecrow» in Mova's school dictionary: a figure made to look like a person, often stuffed with… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a scarecrow, scarecrows)

meaning for a pupil

1) A scarecrow is a figure made to look like a person, often stuffed with straw and dressed in old clothes, put in a field to scare birds away from crops. tree →

2) (informal) Someone who looks thin and messy can be jokingly called a scarecrow. tree →

sense in the lessons

In farming and science lessons, scarecrows are an old, simple way to protect crops from birds like crows. In stories and festivals, scarecrows are characters, such as the Scarecrow in «The Wizard of Oz», who wanted a brain, and in village scarecrow festivals. Phrases: «scarecrow festival», «like a scarecrow».

examples

• The farmer put a scarecrow in the cornfield. tree →
• We made a scarecrow for the school garden. tree →
• The crows weren't scared of the scarecrow at all. tree →
• In «The Wizard of Oz», the Scarecrow wants a brain. tree →
• Our village holds a scarecrow competition every summer. tree →
• After the windy walk, my hair made me look like a scarecrow. tree →

note

Countable noun; one word: scare + crow. Plural: scarecrows.

In the corpora

• A straw man is a scarecrow version of what your opponent said.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scarecrow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.