1.  fawn(n = noun.attribute) dun, grayish brown, greyish brown - a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun"
is a kind of light brown

2.  fawn(n = noun.animal) - a young deer;
is a kind of young mammal, cervid, deer
Derived form verb fawn₃

1.  fawn(v = verb.motion) cower, crawl, creep, cringe, grovel - show submission or fear;
is one way to bend, flex
Derived form noun fawner₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP

2.  fawn(v = verb.communication) bootlick, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckle - try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss"
is one way to blandish, flatter
Derived form noun fawner₁
Sample sentences: Sam and Sue fawn

3.  fawn(v = verb.body) - have fawns; "deer fawn"
is one way to bear, birth, deliver, give birth, have
Derived form noun fawn₂
Sample sentences: Something ----s

1.  A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See Buck. [1913 Webster]

2.  The young of an animal; a whelp. [1913 Webster]
"[The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns." [1913 Webster]

3.  A fawn color. [1913 Webster]

   Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored. [1913 Webster]

   To bring forth a fawn. [1913 Webster]

   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." [1913 Webster]
"Thou with trembling fear,
Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest." [1913 Webster]
"Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him." [1913 Webster]

   A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. Shak. [1913 Webster]

fawn, n., adj., & v.
--n.
1 a young deer in its first year.
2 a light yellowish brown.
--adj. fawn-coloured.
--v.tr. (also absol.) (of a deer) bring forth (young).

Idiom:
in fawn (of a deer) pregnant.

fawn, v.intr.
1 (often foll. by on, upon) (of a person) behave servilely, cringe.
2 (of an animal, esp. a dog) show extreme affection.

Derivative:
fawner n. fawning adj. fawningly adv.

Etymology:
OE fagnian, f{aelig}gnian (as FAIN)

VB  cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, bend the knee, fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself, worship, sneak, crawl, crouch, cower, sponge, truckle to, grovel, fawn, lick the feet of, kiss the hem of one's garment, kiss one's ass, suck up, pay court to, feed on, fatten on, dance attendance on, pin oneself upon, hang on the sleeve of, avaler les couleuvres, keep time to, fetch and carry, do the dirty work of, go with the stream, worship the rising sun, hold with the hare and run with the hounds.

fawn lily, fawn upon