Found 2 items, similar to fawn.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fawn fawn n 1: a color varying around light grayish brown; “she wore a dun raincoat” [syn: dun, grayish brown, greyish brown] 2: young deer v 1: show submission or fear [syn: crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel] 2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; “He is always kowtowing to his boss” [syn: toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up] 3: have fawns; “deer fawn”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fawn Fawn \Fawn\, n. [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F. faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See Fetus.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck. [1913 Webster] 2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 3. A fawn color. [1913 Webster] Fawn \Fawn\, a. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored. [1913 Webster] Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.] To bring forth a fawn. [1913 Webster] Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Fawning.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice, welcome, flatter, AS. f[ae]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel. fagna to rejoice, welcome. See Fain.] To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon. [1913 Webster] You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like hounds. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Fawn \Fawn\, n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]