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.

To cause (a person, their body, etc.) to look awkward and stiff, like a scarecrow (noun sense 1). / To splay (one's arms) away from the body, like the arms of a scarecrow.

present participle of scarecrow

simple past tense and past participle of scarecrow

plural of scarecrow

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scarecrow