NOUN | attribute | fawn, dun, greyish brown, grayish brown | a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color |
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animal | fawn | a young deer | |
VERB | motion | fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel | show submission or fear |
communication | fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up | try to gain favor / favor / favor by cringing or flattering | |
body | fawn | have fawns |
Sounds | fao'n | |
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Rhymes | Amon ... yawn: 34 rhymes with aon... |
Meaning | A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color. | |
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Synonyms | dun, greyish brown, grayish brown | |
Broader | light brown | A brown that is light but unsaturated |
Meaning | A young deer. | |
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Broader | deer, cervid | distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers |
young mammal | Any immature mammal | |
Spanish | cervatillo, cervato | |
Catalan | cervatell, cervató | |
Verbs | fawn | have fawns |
Meaning | show submission or fear. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonyms | crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel | |
Broader | bend, flex | form a curve |
Spanish | humillarse | |
Catalan | arrossegar-se, arrossegar, humiliar-se | |
Nouns | fawner | someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect |
Meaning | try to gain favor / favor / favor by cringing or flattering. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Model | Sam and Sue fawn | |
Synonyms | toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up | |
Narrower | curry favor, curry favour, court favor, court favour | seek favor / favor / favor by fawning or flattery |
Broader | flatter, blandish | praise somewhat dishonestly |
Spanish | humillarse, lamer el culo, rebajarse | |
Nouns | fawner | someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect |
Meaning | Have fawns. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "deer fawn" | |
Broader | give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have | Cause to be born |
Spanish | parir | |
Catalan | parir | |
Nouns | fawn | a young deer |
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