fawn : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fawn	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for fawn
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fawn n a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun" Synonym(s): dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn a young deer v show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel] try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" Synonym(s): fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up have fawns; "deer fawn"
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[91]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 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[94]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\, n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. --Shak.