fawn

🇺🇸 /fɔːn/ 🇬🇧 /fɔːn/
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adjective
R

A color that is light brown, like sand or coffee with a lot of milk.

She wore a pretty dress in a soft fawn color.

noun
R

A young deer less than a year old.

We saw a fawn with its mother in the forest.

R

A color that is a light yellowish-brown.

The curtains were a pleasant fawn, complementing the wooden furniture.

verb
R

To try very hard to get someone's approval by giving them a lot of compliments or attention.

He was desperate for the job and started fawning over the interviewer during his interview.

translation

adj. A color that is light brown, like sand or coffee with a lot of milk.
n. A young deer less than a year old.; A color that is a light yellowish-brown.
v. To try very hard to get someone's approval by giving them a lot of compliments or attention.

Word Forms

3rd Present fawns
Past fawned
Perfect fawned
Progressive fawning
Plural fawns