Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scare"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scare \Scare\, n.
Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or
originating in mistake. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so
my shoot is lost. --Shak.
{To scare away}, to drive away by frightening.
{To scare up}, to find by search, as if by beating for game.
[Slang]
Syn: To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scare
n 1: sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic
in the stock market"; "a war scare" [syn: {panic}]
2: a sudden attack of fear [syn: {panic attack}]
v 1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building
frightens me" [syn: {frighten}, {fright}, {affright}]
2: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: {daunt},
{dash}, {scare off}, {pall}, {frighten off}, {scare away},
{frighten away}]
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