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fawns

fawns is the plural of fawn.

fawns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fawn.

Meaning of fawn

Noun (1)

fawn (plural fawns)

  1. A young deer.
    • The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park.2024 July 23, Lilit Marcus, “Japan may be sick of mass tourism. But the deer in this ancient UNESCO-listed city love it”, in CNN
    Synonyms:
    deerling
  2. A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
  3. (obsolete) The young of an animal; a whelp.
    • she [the tigress] rageth upon the shore and the sands, for the losse of her fawnes1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....

Noun (2)

fawn (plural fawns)

  1. (intransitive, rare) A servile cringe or bow.
  2. (intransitive) Base flattery.

See all 11 meanings of fawn

Proper noun capitalized: Fawns

Fawns

  1. A surname.

Phrases with fawns

Questions about fawns

What does fawns mean?
Fawns means a surname.
What is fawns the plural of?
Fawns is the plural of fawn.
What part of speech is fawns?
Fawns is a proper noun.

Words near fawns in the dictionary

  1. fawnlilies
  2. fawnlily
  3. fawnling
  4. fawnlings
  5. Fawnlock
  6. fawns
  7. fawns over
  8. fawnsfoot
  9. fawnskin
  10. fawnskins
  11. fawny

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