fawn

«fawn» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a young deer, usually less than a year old, often with… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) A fawn is a young deer, usually less than a year old, often with white spots. tree →

2) Fawn is a light yellowish-brown colour. tree →

3) To fawn over someone means to praise and please them too much, to get them to like you. tree →

4) A fawn can also be a loving name for a dear child. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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

• Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle. (Writings SNG.7.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• 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 →
• A fawn was hiding in the long grass. tree →
• The fawn has white spots on its back. tree →
• Bambi is a famous fawn. tree →
• If you find a fawn alone, leave it; its mother will come back. tree →
• She wore a fawn coat. tree →
• The dog is fawn with a black nose. tree →
• The courtiers fawned over the king. tree →
• Behind them played the young fawns together. tree →

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 the corpora

• Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies.
• Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle.
• Imagine walking through long grass and finding a spotted fawn lying perfectly still.
• A fawn or young hare alone in a field is not abandoned; its mother leaves it hidden and comes back to feed it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fawn» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.