To exhibit affection or attempt to please.
To seek favour by flattery and obsequious behaviour (with on or upon).
To show devotion or submissiveness by wagging its tail, nuzzling, licking, etc.
To give birth to a fawn.
A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
A servile cringe or bow.
Base flattery.
A young deer.
Of the fawn colour.
To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
To enhance someone's vanity by praising them.
To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
To portray someone to advantage.
Someone who flattens, purposely or accidently. Also flattener.
Someone who lives in a rented flat.
A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.
A flat-faced fulling hammer.
A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs.