FAWN
\fˈɔːn], \fˈɔːn], \f_ˈɔː_n]\
Definitions of FAWN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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show submission or fear
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have fawns; "deer fawn"
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try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
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The young of an animal; a whelp.
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A fawn color.
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Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
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To bring forth a fawn.
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A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.
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To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; - often followed by on or upon.
By Oddity Software
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A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
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The young of an animal; a whelp.
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A fawn color.
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Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
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To bring forth a fawn.
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A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.
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To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; - often followed by on or upon.
By Noah Webster.
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To bring forth a fawn.
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A young deer.
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Resembling a fawn in color.
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To cringe; to flatter in a servile way (followed by upon).
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A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery.
By Daniel Lyons
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A young deer.
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To flatter someone meanly: with on or upon; to show affection by leaping upon, cringing, or licking the hand of a person; said of a dog.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
