fawn

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To exhibit affection or attempt to please, as a dog does by wagging its tail, whining, or cringing.
2. v. To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior.
3. n. A young deer, especially one less than a year old.
4. n. A grayish yellow-brown to moderate reddish brown.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To show fondness or desire in the manner of a dog or other animal; manifest pleasure or gratitude, or court notice or favor, by demonstrative actions, especially by crouching, licking the hand, or the like; act caressingly and submissively: absolutely or with on or upon.
2. To flatter meanly; use blandishments; act servilely; cringe and bow to gain favor: used absolutely or with on or upon.
3. To show fondness toward in the manner of a dog; act servilely toward; cringe to.
4. n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery.
5. n. A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year.
6. n. The young of some other animal.
7. To bring forth a fawn.
8. n. The color of the fawn; a light yellowish brown.

Wiktionary

1. n. A young deer.
2. n. A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
3. adj. Of the fawn colour.
4. v. intransitive To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
5. v. intransitive To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour.
6. v. intransitive, of a dog To wag its tail, to show devotion.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See buck.
2. n. obsolete The young of an animal; a whelp.
3. n. A fawn color.
4. adj. Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
5. v. To bring forth a fawn.
6. v. To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
7. n. A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a young deer
2. v. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
3. v. have fawns
4. v. show submission or fear
5. n. a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color