Definition of fawn

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Fawn (v. i.) To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon..

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Fawn :: Fawn (n.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
Gloze :: Gloze (v. i.) To flatter; to wheedle; to fawn; to talk smoothly.
Fawner :: Fawner (n.) One who fawns; a sycophant.
Fawningly :: Fawningly (adv.) In a fawning manner.
Knee-crooking :: Knee-crooking (a.) Obsequious; fawning; cringing.
Root :: Root (v. i.) Hence, to seek for favor or advancement by low arts or groveling servility; to fawn servilely..
Fennec :: Fennec (n.) A small, African, foxlike animal (Vulpes zerda) of a pale fawn color, remarkable for the large size of its ears..
Servile :: Servile (a.) Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing; fawning; as, servile flattery; servile fear; servile obedience..
Fawn :: Fawn (n.) The young of an animal; a whelp.
Spaniel :: Spaniel (n.) A cringing, fawning person..
Young :: Young (superl.) Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; -- said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn..
Spaniel :: Spaniel (a.) Cringing; fawning.
Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant..
Vernility :: Vernility (n.) Fawning or obsequious behavior; servility.
Croodle :: Croodle (v. i.) To fawn or coax.
Obsequiously :: Obsequiously (adv.) In an obsequious manner; compliantly; fawningly.
Guib :: Guib (n.) A West African antelope (Tragelaphus scriptus), curiously marked with white stripes and spots on a reddish fawn ground, and hence called harnessed antelope; -- called also guiba..
Cringe :: Cringe (n.) Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility..
Fawn-colored :: Fawn-colored (a.) Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.
Cringe :: Cringe (v. t.) To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.
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