'Fawn' definitions:

Definition of 'fawn'

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noun
A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun" [syn: dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn]
noun
A young deer
verb
Show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel]
verb
Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]
verb
Have fawns; "deer fawn"

Definition of 'Fawn'

From: GCIDE
  • Fawn \Fawn\, n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fawn'

From: GCIDE
  • Fawn \Fawn\, n. [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See Fetus.]
  • 1. (Zool.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A fawn color. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fawn'

From: GCIDE
  • Fawn \Fawn\, a. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fawn'

From: GCIDE
  • Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.] To bring forth a fawn. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fawn'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'fawn'

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