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# fawn

noun (a fawn, fawns); adjective (fawn — a colour); verb (fawn, fawns, fawned, fawning)

«fawn» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A fawn is a young deer, usually less than a year old, often with white spots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fawn/#m1)
2. Fawn is a light yellowish-brown colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fawn/#m2)
3. To fawn over someone means to praise and please them too much, to get them to like you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fawn/#m3)
4. A fawn can also be a loving name for a dear child. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fawn/#m4)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons, fawns are baby deer hidden by their mothers in long grass; their spots are camouflage. In safety lessons, pupils learn not to touch a fawn found alone, because the mother is usually nearby. Phrases: a newborn fawn, fawn colour, fawn over.

### Examples

- A fawn was hiding in the long grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fawn/#x1)
- The fawn has white spots on its back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fawn/#x2)
- Bambi is a famous fawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fawn/#x3)
- If you find a fawn alone, leave it; its mother will come back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fawn/#x4)
- She wore a fawn coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fawn/#x5)
- The dog is fawn with a black nose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fawn/#x6)
- The courtiers fawned over the king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fawn/#x7)
- Behind them played the young fawns together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fawn/#x8)

### Note

Countable for the animal: a fawn, fawns. Homophone: faun (a half-man, half-goat creature in myths, like Mr Tumnus in Narnia). Do not touch or pick up wild baby animals.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means a young deer, used as a picture of loveliness.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads the Song of Songs as a love song between God and Israel, and the gentle fawns as a picture of Israel's beauty.

### Examples

- Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle. (Writings SNG.7.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fawn/#x1)
- Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies. (Writings SNG.4.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fawn/#x2)

### Note

Countable for the animal: a fawn, fawns. Homophone: faun (a half-man, half-goat creature in myths, like Mr Tumnus in Narnia). Do not touch or pick up wild baby animals.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fawn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fawn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fawn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fawn.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fawn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fawn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fawn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fawn.html) on Mova free.