fawn

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color (Freq. 1)
- she wore dun
• Syn:
dun, greyish brown, grayish brown
• Derivationally related forms:
dun (for: dun)
• Hypernyms:
light brown
2. a young deer
• Hypernyms:
deer, cervid, young mammal

II - verb

1. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- He is always kowtowing to his boss
• Syn:
toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
• Derivationally related forms:
kotow (for: kotow), kowtow (for: kowtow), bootlicker (for: bootlick), truckler (for: truckle), truckling (for: truckle), toady (for: toady), fawner
• Hypernyms:
flatter, blandish
• Hyponyms:
curry favor, curry favour, court favor, court favour
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s
- Sam and Sue fawn
2. show submission or fear
• Syn:
crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
• Derivationally related forms:
groveler (for: grovel), groveller (for: grovel), coward (for: cower), crawler (for: crawl), fawner
• Hypernyms:
bend, flex
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. have fawns
- deer fawn
• Hypernyms:
give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel