Fawn

Word FAWN
Character 4
Hyphenation fawn
Pronunciations /fɔːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Fawn"

What do we mean by fawn?

To exhibit affection or attempt to please, as a dog does by wagging its tail, whining, or cringing. intransitive verb

To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior. intransitive verb

A young deer, especially one less than a year old. noun

A grayish yellow-brown to moderate reddish brown. noun

A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. noun

The young of some other animal. noun

To bring forth a fawn.

To show fondness or desire in the manner of a dog or other animal; manifest pleasure or gratitude, or court notice or favor, by demonstrative actions, especially by crouching, licking the hand, or the like; act caressingly and submissively: absolutely or with on or upon.

To flatter meanly; use blandishments; act servilely; cringe and bow to gain favor: used absolutely or with on or upon.

To show fondness toward in the manner of a dog; act servilely toward; cringe to.

A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery. noun

The color of the fawn; a light yellowish brown. noun

To bring forth a fawn. intransitive verb

A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See buck. noun

The young of an animal; a whelp. noun

A fawn color. noun

To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon. intransitive verb

Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored. adjective

A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. noun

A young deer. noun

A young deer.

A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.

The young of an animal; a whelp.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fawn

The word "fawn" in example sentences

From saving a fawn from a yote to a vortex that picks hay up and spins it 100 feet in the air. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In any case, say we have a 35 lb cat. a 10-20-30lb fawn is a hell of a meal. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Just visualizing those boys laughing and kicking a fawn is very sad. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So its just like saying a fawn is 3 1/2 when he said the deer is 6 1/2. ❋ Dave Hurteau (2008)

She was dressed in fawn-coloured satin, with large pearls. ❋ Frances Erskine Inglis (1843)

Nor would anyone call a fawn acquiring antlers once it matured evolution. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Yes | No | Report from cooner wrote 17 weeks 1 day ago by this time they are pretty much weened from momma and yes they can normally make it with out her. but it is best to take an older dry doe that is not doing any thing other than eating and taking up space. in a hard winter a doe will drive her own fawn from a food source so she get's her fill first, nature ain't all cute and quaint as you know, and momma ain't going to starve to feed the baby ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yes | No | Report from cooner wrote 33 weeks 6 days ago that ain't no joke. my buddy's wife got throttled like that when she was a kid, by a doe when she tried to remove the does fawn from a fence it got tangled in. the does hooves cut her up and the force of the attack ended up pushing a strand of barbed wire through her leg. she spent a week in the hospital over it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I named my fawn Great Dane “Liza” after Liza Minnelli. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“A fawn is a miffical beest an u belong in teh booby hatch!” ❋ Unknown (2008)

We were only a few miles into the evening classification route, and she and her fawn were the sixth group of antelope I had seen. ❋ Grouse (2003)

They sat down to dinner, and the fawn was the subject of all conversation. ❋ Day Kellogg Lee (N/A)

We have also a fawn, which is much more beautiful than any I ever saw at home and tame as a dog. ❋ Unknown (1920)

Her complexion had been ruined by long residence in India, and might unkindly have been called fawn-coloured. ❋ John Galsworthy (1900)

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