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Definition of fawn verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

fawn

verb

NAmE//fɔn//

[intransitive] fawn (on/over somebody) (disapproving)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they fawn

he / she / it fawns

past simple fawned

-ing form fawning

to try to please someone by praising them or paying them too much attention He seemed unaware of the girl's fawning admiration.

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