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 exhibit affection or attempt to please.
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 yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection.
To lower oneself; to demean or do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
To cause to incline downward; to slant.
Of a bird of prey: to swoop down on its prey.
To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
To cause to submit; to prostrate.
The staircase and landing or porch leading to the entrance of a residence.
A stooping, bent position of the body.
A vessel for holding liquids; like a flagon but without the spout.
A post or pillar, especially a gatepost or a support in a mine.
The threshold of a doorway, a doorstep.
An accelerated descent in flight, as that for an attack.