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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fawn \Fawn\, n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. (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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fawn \Fawn\, a. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.] To bring forth a fawn. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fawn n 1: a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun raincoat" [syn: {dun}, {grayish brown}, {greyish brown}] 2: young deer v 1: show submission or fear [syn: {crawl}, {creep}, {cringe}, {cower}, {grovel}] 2: court favor by cringing or flattering [syn: {toady}, {truckle}, {bootlick}, {kowtow}, {kotow}, {suck up}] 3: have fawns, of deer
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