| slovo | definícia |
fawn
(mass) | fawn
- srnec, šedohnedá farba, podlizovať sa |
fawn
(encz) | fawn,kolouch n: |
fawn
(encz) | fawn,lísat se v: radostí - o zvířeti |
fawn
(encz) | fawn,plazit se v: [přen.] |
fawn
(encz) | fawn,podlézat v: [přen.] |
fawn
(encz) | fawn,srnec n: |
fawn
(encz) | fawn,srneček n: |
fawn
(encz) | fawn,světle žlutohnědá barva n: |
fawn
(encz) | fawn,světle žlutohnědý adj: |
fawn
(encz) | fawn,vrtět ohonem v: |
Fawn
(gcide) | Fawn \Fawn\, a.
Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
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Fawn
(gcide) | Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.]
To bring forth a fawn.
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Fawn
(gcide) | Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fawning.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice,
welcome, flatter, AS. f[ae]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel.
fagna to rejoice, welcome. See Fain.]
To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to
flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
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You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like
hounds. --Shak.
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Thou with trembling fear,
Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. --Milton.
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Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.
--Macaulay.
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Fawn
(gcide) | Fawn \Fawn\, n. [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F.
faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See Fetus.]
1. (Zool.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See
Buck.
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2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.]
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[The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns.
--Holland.
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3. A fawn color.
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Fawn
(gcide) | Fawn \Fawn\, n.
A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. --Shak.
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fawn
(wn) | fawn
n 1: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color;
"she wore dun" [syn: dun, greyish brown, {grayish
brown}, fawn]
2: a young deer
v 1: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep,
cringe, cower, grovel]
2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle,
bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]
3: have fawns; "deer fawn" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
fawn
(mass) | fawn
- srnec, šedohnedá farba, podlizovať sa |
fawn
(encz) | fawn,kolouch n: fawn,lísat se v: radostí - o zvířeti fawn,plazit se v: [přen.] fawn,podlézat v: [přen.] fawn,srnec n: fawn,srneček n: fawn,světle žlutohnědá barva n: fawn,světle žlutohnědý adj: fawn,vrtět ohonem v: |
fawn lily
(encz) | fawn lily, n: |
fawner
(encz) | fawner, |
fawning
(encz) | fawning,podlézavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fawningly
(encz) | fawningly, |
Fawn-colored
(gcide) | Fawn-colored \Fawn"-col`ored\, a.
Of the color of a fawn; light yellowish brown.
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Fawned
(gcide) | Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fawning.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice,
welcome, flatter, AS. f[ae]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel.
fagna to rejoice, welcome. See Fain.]
To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to
flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
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You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like
hounds. --Shak.
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Thou with trembling fear,
Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. --Milton.
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Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.
--Macaulay.
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Fawner
(gcide) | Fawner \Fawn"er\, n.
One who fawns; a sycophant.
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Fawning
(gcide) | Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fawned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fawning.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice,
welcome, flatter, AS. f[ae]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel.
fagna to rejoice, welcome. See Fain.]
To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to
flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
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You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like
hounds. --Shak.
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Thou with trembling fear,
Or like a fawning parasite, obeyest. --Milton.
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Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.
--Macaulay.
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Fawningly
(gcide) | Fawningly \Fawn"ing*ly\, adv.
In a fawning manner.
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Outfawn
(gcide) | Outfawn \Out*fawn"\ (out*f[add]n"), v. t.
To exceed in fawning.
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fawn
(wn) | fawn
n 1: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color;
"she wore dun" [syn: dun, greyish brown, {grayish
brown}, fawn]
2: a young deer
v 1: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep,
cringe, cower, grovel]
2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle,
bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]
3: have fawns; "deer fawn" |
fawn lily
(wn) | fawn lily
n 1: California dogtooth violet with creamy white flowers
sometimes yellow-tinged [syn: fawn lily, {Erythronium
californicum}] |
fawn-colored
(wn) | fawn-colored
adj 1: having the color of a fawn [syn: fawn-colored, {fawn-
coloured}] |
fawn-coloured
(wn) | fawn-coloured
adj 1: having the color of a fawn [syn: fawn-colored, {fawn-
coloured}] |
fawner
(wn) | fawner
n 1: someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who
behaves as if he had no self-respect [syn: {apple
polisher}, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, groveler,
truckler] |
fawning
(wn) | fawning
adj 1: attempting to win favor from influential people by
flattery [syn: bootlicking, fawning, obsequious,
sycophantic, toadyish]
2: attempting to win favor by flattery [syn: bootlicking,
fawning, sycophantic, toadyish] |
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