страши́ла — meaning in English

English meaning

• bag noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
• scarecrow noun A figure made to look human, dressed in old clothes and set up in a field to frighten birds away from crops.

Senses

страши́ла is used for these senses in English:

• bag (derogatory) An ugly woman.
• scarecrow 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. [from 1530s]
• straw man A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw.

bag — full definition

1. noun A flexible container, often with an opening at the top, used to hold or carry items.
2. verb To put something into a bag, or more broadly, to succeed in getting or catching something.

scarecrow — full definition

1. noun A figure made to look human, dressed in old clothes and set up in a field to frighten birds away from crops.
2. noun A very thin, awkward, or raggedly dressed person.

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