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Fawn

Fawn Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fawn? [n] young deer [n] a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun raincoat" [v] have fawns, of deer [v] tray to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [v] show submission or fear Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fawn: bootlick \| cower \| crawl \| creep \| cringe \| dun \| grayish brown \| greyish brown \| grovel \| kotow \| kowtow \| suck up \| toady \| truckle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fawn: abase \| antelope \| apple-polish \| be confined \| bear \| bear a child \| bear young \| beige \| bend the knee \| birdling \| blandish \| bootlick \| bow \| bow and scrape \| brown \| brownish \| brownish-yellow \| brunet \| buck \| butter up \| cajole \| calf \| calve \| camel \| camelopard \| Cape elk \| caribou \| cast \| cater to \| catling \| cave \| chick \| chickling \| chicky \| chocolate \| cinnamon \| coax \| cocoa \| cocoa-brown \| coffee \| coffee-brown \| colt \| cotton \| court \| cower \| crawl \| creep \| cringe \| crouch \| cub \| curry favor \| dance \| debase \| deer \| deerlet \| defer \| demean \| doe \| dogie \| drab \| dromedary \| drop \| duckling \| dun \| dun-brown \| dun-drab \| ecru \| eland \| elk \| fallow deer \| farrow \| fawn-colored \| flatter \| fledgling \| foal \| fryer \| fuscous \| gazelle \| giraffe \| give birth \| gnu \| gosling \| grege \| grovel \| hart \| hartebeest \| have \| have a baby \| have young \| hazel \| hind \| invite \| kaama \| khaki \| kid \| kit \| kitten \| kneel \| kowtow \| labor \| lamb \| lambkin \| lick the dust \| lickspittle \| lie in \| litter \| lurid \| make up to \| moose \| mule deer \| musk deer \| nest \| nestling \| nut-brown \| okapi \| olive-brown \| olive-drab \| pander to \| piglet \| pigling \| polliwog \| pullet \| pup \| puppy \| red deer \| reindeer \| roe \| roe deer \| roebuck \| seal \| seal-brown \| sepia \| shoat \| slaver \| snuff-colored \| sorrel \| springbok \| stag \| stoop \| submit \| suck up to \| tadpole \| tan \| taupe \| tawny \| throw \| toadeat \| toady \| toast \| toast-brown \| travail \| truckle \| umber \| umber-colored \| Virginia deer \| walnut \| walnut-brown \| weaner \| wheedle \| whelp \| wildebeest \| woo \| yean \| yeanling \| yellowish-brown \| yield See Also \| bend \| blandish \| cervid \| court favor \| court favour \| curry favor \| curry favour \| deer \| flatter \| flex \| light brown \| litter Fawn In Webster's Dictionary \Fawn\, n. [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See {Fetus}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See {Buck}. 2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.] [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. --Holland. 3. A fawn color. \Fawn\, a. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored. \Fawn\, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.] To bring forth a fawn. \Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fawned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fawning}.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. f[ae]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See {Fain}.] To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon. You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. --Shak. Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. --Milton. Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. --Macaulay. \Fawn\, n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. --Shak.

Fawn Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fawn?

[n] young deer
[n] a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun raincoat"
[v] have fawns, of deer
[v] tray to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
[v] show submission or fear

Fawn In Webster's Dictionary

\Fawn\, n. [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F.
faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See {Fetus}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year.
   See {Buck}.

2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.]

         [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns.
                                               --Holland.

3. A fawn color.


\Fawn\, a.
Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.


\Fawn\, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.]
To bring forth a fawn.


\Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fawned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fawning}.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice,
welcome, flatter, AS. f[ae]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel.
fagna to rejoice, welcome. See {Fain}.]
To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to
flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.

      You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like
      hounds.                                  --Shak.

      Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite,
      obeyest.                                 --Milton.

      Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.
                                               --Macaulay.


\Fawn\, n.
A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. --Shak.

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