EGAVE

fawn

About 0.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A young deer.
  2. noun A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
    fawn:
  3. noun The young of an animal; a whelp.
  4. adjective Of the fawn colour.
  5. verb To give birth to a fawn.
  6. verb To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.
  7. verb To exhibit affection toward someone. To attempt to please someone. To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour. .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with on or upon]
  8. verb To exhibit affection toward someone.

Similar words

dun suck up truckle crawl kotow kowtow grovel creep cringe cower

Often followed by

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Word family

fawned fawner fawners fawnier fawniest fawning fawns fawny

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