- Scaring
- Scare Scare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Scaring}.] [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar,
prevent, skirrask to shun, shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre,
adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to
turn.]
To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
[1913 Webster]
The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
{To scare away}, to drive away by frightening.
{To scare up}, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
Syn: To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
