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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scare /skɛr/USA pronunciation v., scared, scar•ing, n. v. - to fill (someone), esp. suddenly, with fear;
frighten: [~ + object]Something scared her. She isn't scared easily.[It + ~ + object + clause]It really scared me when she stopped breathing. - to become frightened:[no object]She doesn't scare easily.
- scare off or away, to frighten (someone) enough to cause him or her to run off: [~ + off/away + object]We scared off the thief.[~ + object + off/away]scared the thief away.
- scare up, to find in spite of difficulties: [~ + up + object]Try to scare up some wood for the fire.[~ + object + up]to scare some wood up for a fire.
n. [countable] - a sudden fright or alarm:We got quite a scare when she stopped breathing.
- a time or condition of alarm or worry:a war scare.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scare (skâr),USA pronunciation v., scared, scar•ing, n. v.t. - to fill, esp. suddenly, with fear or terror;
frighten;
alarm.
v.i. - to become frightened:That horse scares easily.
- scare up, [Informal.]to obtain with effort;
find or gather:to scare up money.
n. - a sudden fright or alarm, esp. with little or no reason.
- a time or condition of alarm or worry:For three months there was a war scare.
- Old Norse skirra to frighten, derivative of skjarr timid, shy; (noun, nominal) late Middle English skere, derivative of the verb, verbal
- (verb, verbal) Middle English skerren 1150–1200
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged startle, intimidate. See frighten.
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