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tall | scarecrow |

As an adjective tall

is having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.

As a noun scarecrow is

an effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating seeds or crops planted there.

As a verb scarecrow is

to splay rigidly outward, like the arms of a scarecrow.

tall

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,
  • Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent; high.
  • (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
  • (chiefly, US, of a cup of coffee) A cup of coffee smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces.
  • (obsolete) Obsequious; obedient.
  • (obsolete) Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.
  • (obsolete) Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.
  • (archaic) Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.

    • Antonyms

    * (of a person) short * (of a building) short, low, low-rise

    Derived terms

    * stand tall * tall in the saddle * tall order * tall story * tall tale

    scarecrow

    English

    (wikipedia scarecrow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating seeds or crops planted there.
  • (figuratively, pejorative) A tall, thin, awkward person.
  • (figurative) Anything that appears terrifying but offers no danger.
    • A scarecrow set to frighten fools away. — Dryden.
  • A person clad in rags and tatters.
    • No eye hath seen such scarecrows . I'll not march with them through Coventry, that's flat. — Shakespeare.
  • (UK, dialect) A bird, the black tern.

    • See also

    * bird-scarer * scarer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To splay rigidly outward, like the arms of a scarecrow.
  • * 2006 , Ron S. King, Nowhere Street (page 109)
    • his small frame seeming scarecrowed in the over-large black coat.
  • * 2010 , Robert N. Chan, The Bad Samaritan
    • An arctic wind whooshes down Columbus Avenue like the IRT express, catching her bags, scarecrowing her arms, and threatening to take her broad-brimmed hat downtown.