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fawnfawn3 verb [intransitive] fawn3Origin: Old English fagnian ‘to show great happiness’, from fægen; ➔ FAIN VERB TABLEfawn |
Present | I, you, we, they | fawn | | he, she, it | fawns | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fawned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fawned | | he, she, it | has fawned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fawned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fawn | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fawned |
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Present | I | am fawning | | he, she, it | is fawning | | you, we, they | are fawning | Past | I, he, she, it | was fawning | | you, we, they | were fawning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fawning | | he, she, it | has been fawning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fawning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fawning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fawning |
- Everyone crowded round, fawning at him and readily taking up his offer of free drinks.
- The adverts scold us and cajole us and wheedle us and fawn us to keep up with the Joneses.
- The Salomon salesmen fawn over the thrift men.
to praise someone and be friendly to them in an insincere way, because you want them to like you or give you somethingfawn on/over I refused to fawn over her or flatter her.—fawning adjective |