scarecrow

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.

   Vogelscheuche

   чу́челоčúčelo, пу́галоpúgalo, страши́лоstrašílo

   опу́далоopúdalo, поторо́чаpotoróča

2. (broadly, derogatory)A person or animal 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. (dated)Synonym of crow scarer (“a farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields”).

4. (figuratively)Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger; a paper tiger.

5. (figuratively, historical)Military equipment or tactics used to scare and deter rather than cause actual damage.

6. (UK, dialectal, obsolete)The black tern (Chlidonias niger).

7. (UK, dialectal, obsolete)The hooded crow (Corvus cornix).

1. There were several scarecrows in the field.

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2. It looks like a scarecrow.

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3. Dmitri added a scarecrow to the field.

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4. The birds use the scarecrow as a perch.

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5. The birds quickly became accustomed to the stuffed scarecrow.

   ruПтицы быстро привыкли к набитому чучелу.

   deDie Vögel gewöhnten sich schnell an die ausgestopfte Vogelscheuche.

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