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Entry 7 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Fawn

/(fa̤n)/ · IPA /fɔn/
01 n. A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.
  1. 1.
    A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck.(Zool.) See: Buck
  2. 2.
    The young of an animal; a whelp.[Obs.]
    “[The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns.” — Holland.
  3. 3.
    A fawn color.
02 a. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
  1. 1.
    Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
03 v. i. To bring forth a fawn.
  1. 1.
    To bring forth a fawn.
04 v. i. To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
imp. & p. p. Fawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Fawning
  1. 1.
    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.
05 n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.
  1. 1.
    A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.