Scare /(?)/

Scare

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Scared; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaring

  1. To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
    The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost.

Phrases & Compounds

To scare away
to drive away by frightening.
To scare up
to find by search, as if by beating for game.

Scare

n.
  1. Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake. [Colloq.]