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Meaning of fawn

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  fawn
      n 1: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color;
           "she wore dun" [syn: {dun}, {greyish brown}, {grayish
           brown}, {fawn}]
      2: a young deer
      v 1: show submission or fear [syn: {fawn}, {crawl}, {creep},
           {cringe}, {cower}, {grovel}]
      2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
         kowtowing to his boss" [syn: {fawn}, {toady}, {truckle},
         {bootlick}, {kowtow}, {kotow}, {suck up}]
      3: have fawns; "deer fawn"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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