fawn

«fawn» in Mova's school 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 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 →
• 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

• 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.
• 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.

Trees and pragmatics

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