fawn

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To exhibit affection or attempt to please, as a dog does by wagging its tail, whining, or cringing.
• intransitive verb To seek favor or attention by flattery and obsequious behavior.
• noun A young deer, especially one less than a year old.
• noun A grayish yellow-brown to moderate reddish brown.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year.
• noun The young of some other animal.
• To bring forth a fawn.
• To show fondness or desire in the manner of a dog or other animal; manifest pleasure or gratitude, or court notice or favor, by demonstrative actions, especially by crouching, licking the hand, or the like; act caressingly and submissively: absolutely or with on or upon.
• To flatter meanly; use blandishments; act servilely; cringe and bow to gain favor: used absolutely or with on or upon.
• To show fondness toward in the manner of a dog; act servilely toward; cringe to.
• noun A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery.
• noun The color of the fawn; a light yellowish brown.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• intransitive verb To bring forth a fawn.
• noun (Zoöl.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year. See buck.
• noun obsolete The young of an animal; a whelp.
• noun A fawn color.
• intransitive verb To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.
• adjective Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.
• noun A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A young deer.
• noun A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
• adjective Of the fawn colour.
• verb intransitive To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
• verb intransitive To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour.
• verb intransitive, of a dog To wag its tail, to show devotion.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun a young deer
• verb try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
• verb have fawns
• verb show submission or fear
• noun a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color