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| frighten |
to cause fear in; scare. [1/2 definitions] |
| growl |
When an animal growls, it makes a sound that comes from deep in the throat. An animal usually growls when it is angry or when it wants to scare another animal away. [1/2 definitions] |
| only |
If bees are the only insects you are afraid of, then no other insects except bees scare you. If cereal is the only thing you eat for breakfast, then you eat cereal but nothing else. [1/5 definitions] |
| scare |
When you scare, it means that you become filled with fear. [2/3 definitions] |
| scarecrow |
a figure of a person made from stuffed clothes and placed in a field to scare birds away from crops. |
| shark1 |
A shark is a fish that lives in the ocean. Sharks have large mouths and many large teeth. They are good at hunting, and they can swim very fast. Sharks eat fish and other sea animals. Most kinds of sharks are not dangerous to people at all, but a few kinds of sharks will attack humans too, if there is no other food or if the humans scare them! |
| shock1 |
a sudden and powerful scare; an upset of the mind or feelings. [1/6 definitions] |
| stick up |
(informal) If someone sticks up another person, they rob them, and they usually use a gun to scare them and make them give up their money, jewelry, or other valuable things. [1/2 definitions] |
| terrify |
to fill with great fear or terror; scare. |
| tough |
When someone is tough, they sometimes scare other people, and sometimes they do mean things to try to show they are stronger or better than others. Tough people act as if nothing can hurt them and they can't be controlled by anybody else. [1/6 definitions] |
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