scarev. t.[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]()()n. Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake.()