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mew
1[myoo]
noun
the tiny, high-pitched sound a cat or kitten makes.
the characteristic sound a gull makes.
verb (used without object)
to make a mew or emit a similar sound.
mew
2[myoo]
noun
a small gull, Larus canus, of Eurasia and northwestern North America.
mew
3[myoo]
noun
a cage for hawks, especially while molting.
a pen in which poultry is fattened.
a place of retirement or concealment.
(usually used with a singular verb)mews,
(formerly) an area of stables built around a small street.
a street having small apartments converted from such stables.
verb (used with object)
Archaic.to shut up in or as in a mew; confine; conceal (often followed byup ).
mew
4[myoo]
verb (used with or without object)
to shed (feathers); molt.
mew
1/ ː /
noun
a room or cage for hawks, esp while moulting
verb
to confine (hawks or falcons) in a shelter, cage, etc, usually by tethering them to a perch
to confine, conceal
mew
2/ ː /
verb
(intr) (esp of a cat) to make a characteristic high-pitched cry
noun
such a sound
mew
3/ ː /
verb
(intr) (of hawks or falcons) to moult
obsolete(tr) to shed (one's covering, clothes, etc)
mew
4/ ː /
noun
Also called: mew gull. sea mew.any seagull, esp the common gull, Larus canus
Other 51Թ Forms
- mewer noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mew1
Origin of mew2
Origin of mew3
Origin of mew4
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of mew1
Origin of mew2
Origin of mew3
Origin of mew4
Example Sentences
Short-billed gulls, known as mew gulls until 2021, are omnivorous and highly adaptable.
Fig slogged into the room with a soft “mew” and then rubbed up against my leg.
Chandler Investments Limited claimed the embassy left a rented Wellington mews house without covering cleaning and other costs.
Ewan says "he mewed and he cried, and in the end, he got out and came home under his own steam."
"Now, doesn't that look normal?" she mews to the studio audience as the camera zooms in on her creation.
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