Толковый словарь английского языка - scare
Scare
scare
I. verb (~d; scaring) Etymology: Middle English skerren, from Old Norse skirra, from skjarr shy, timid Date: 13th century transitive verb to frighten especially suddenly ; alarm , intransitive verb to become ~d, ~r noun II. noun Date: circa 1548 a sudden fright, a widespread state of alarm ; panic , ~ adjective
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. frighten, esp. suddenly (his expression scared us). 2 tr. (as scared adj.) (usu. foll. by of, or to + infin.) frightened; terrified (scared of his own shadow). 3 tr. (usu. foll. by away, off, up, etc.) drive away by frightening. 4 intr. become scared (they don't scare easily). --n. 1 a sudden attack of fright (gave me a scare). 2 a general, esp. baseless, fear of war, invasion, epidemic, etc. (a measles scare). 3 a financial panic causing share-selling etc. Phrases and idioms scaredy-cat colloq. a timid person. scare-heading (or -head) a shockingly sensational newspaper headline. scare up (or out) esp. US 1 frighten (game etc.) out of cover. 2 colloq. manage to find; discover (see if we can scare up a meal). Derivatives scarer n. Etymology: ME skerre f. ON skirra frighten f. skjarr timid ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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