[syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]
3. have fawns;
- Example: "deer fawn"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fawn \Fawn\, a.
Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.]
To bring forth a fawn.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like
hounds. --Shak.
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Thou with trembling fear,
Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. --Milton.
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Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.
--Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.]
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[The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns.
--Holland.
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3. A fawn color.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fawn \Fawn\, n.
A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fawn
n 1: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color;
"she wore dun" [syn: dun, greyish brown, grayish
brown, fawn]
2: a young deer
v 1: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep,
cringe, cower, grovel]
2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle,
bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]
3: have fawns; "deer fawn"