fawn
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
she wore dun
Types & categories
- light brown hypernym
Related & opposite
- dun derivation
Sense 2 verb
show submission or fear
Types & categories
- bend hypernym
Related & opposite
- coward derivation
- apple polisher derivation
- crawler derivation
Sense 3 noun
a young deer
Types & categories
- young mammal hypernym
- deer hypernym
Related & opposite
- fawn derivation
Sense 4 verb
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
He is always kowtowing to his boss
Types & categories
- flatter hypernym
- curry favor hyponym
Related & opposite
- truckling derivation
- kowtow derivation
- apple polisher derivation
- crawler derivation
Sense 5 verb
have fawns
deer fawn
Types & categories
- birth hypernym
Related & opposite
- fawn derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dun |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | light brown |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | coward |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apple polisher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crawler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bend |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fawn |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | young mammal |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | deer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | truckling |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | kowtow |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | apple polisher |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | crawler |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | flatter |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | curry favor |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fawn |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | birth |