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Fawn

noun

/fɔːn/

Meaning

a young deer; a light yellowish-brown color

to show exaggerated flattery or affection; to seek favor by servile behavior

The mother deer protects her fawn from predators.

He fawned over the boss to get a promotion.

young deer, baby deer, flatter, grovel, adulate, ingratiate

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young deer, baby deer

Entry 2

flatter, grovel, adulate, ingratiate

adult deer, stag, doe, ignore, offend

Entry 1

adult deer, stag, doe

Entry 2

ignore, offend

newborn fawn, spotted fawn, fawn color, fawn over, fawn on someone, fawning behavior

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newborn fawn, spotted fawn, fawn color

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fawn over, fawn on someone, fawning behavior

to move or turn aside; to push or divert from one track to another

to stay in the same place; to continue to exist

To make an involuntary movement of the face or body as a result of pain or distress.

to place something over or on top of something else to protect or hide it

To be all around someone or something.

to form or imagine an idea in the mind; to become pregnant