fawn

Everyday

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 →

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 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 →
• 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 →

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.