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Meanings of fawn in English

Catalan
arrossegar-se

Show submission or fear.

arrossegar-se

A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color.

Try to gain favor by cringing or flattering.

Usage of fawn in English
1
Yes, it is true that the jaguar and the fawn hide here.
Gods go begging
2
He looked down at the fawn in a helpless sort of way.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3
3
Its materials were of a fawn-coloured stone, common in the Mowbray quarries.
Sybil, Or, The Two Nations
4
Our young braves run to battle with the swiftness of the fawn.
This Country of Ours
5
She put her hand in his and jumped lightly as a fawn.
The Last Trail
6
A low whistle gave Otanes the signal to drive out the fawn.
Our Boys / Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors
7
Probably a buck because he heard no smaller footsteps of a fawn.
Brian's return
8
It would not tire a new born fawn to run the distance.
The Knight of the Golden Melice: A Historical Romance
9
Her large eyes softened like the pleading eyes of a tame fawn.
Vendetta: A Story of One Forgotten
10
Skenedonk's eyes probably had less of the fawn in them than usual.
Lazarre
11
She gave news of the peacocks, and a fawn she had there.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
12
A fawn-colored sea streaked here and there with tints of deepest orange
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases / A Practical Handbook Of Pertin...
13
Instantly, Stephanie would run to him with the lightness of a fawn.
Adieu
14
I don't want you to have the aura of a wounded fawn.
Shadowland
15
Deucalion, the way these people fawn on me gives me a nausea.
The Lost Continent
16
Whenever the fawn caught up, he was quite content to frisk about.
The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3
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Fawn across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common