fawn
n.
baby deer; soft light brown color
adj.
pale yellowish-brown
v.
lavish affection upon; flatter, act in a servile manner in order to gain favor
Deer
fawn
Noun
1. a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun raincoat"
(synonym) dun, grayish brown, greyish brown
(hypernym) light brown
2. young deer
(hypernym) deer, cervid
Verb
1. show submission or fear
(synonym) crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
(hypernym) bend, flex
(derivation) apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler, ass-kisser
2. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
(synonym) toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
(hypernym) flatter, blandish
(hyponym) curry favor, curry favour, court favor, court favour
(derivation) apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler, truckler, ass-kisser
3. have fawns; "deer fawn"
(hypernym) litter
Fawn
To dream of seeing a fawn, denotes that you will have true and upright friends.
To the young, it indicates faithfulness in love.
To dream that a person fawns on you, or cajoles you, is a warning that enemies are about you in the guise of interested friends.
See Deer.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project
Ophrah
dust; lead; a fawn
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
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