Australian English Meaning of mew

mew

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Definitions and Meaning of mew in English

Wordnet

mew (n)

the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)

the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America

Wordnet

mew (v)

cry like a cat

utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

Webster

mew (n.)

A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.

A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural.

A stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on the site of the king's mews for hawks.

The common cry of a cat.

Webster

mew (v. t.)

To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.

To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.

Webster

mew (v. i.)

To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.

To cry as a cat.

FAQs About the word mew

mew

the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this), the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America, cry like a cat, utter a high-pitched cry, as

bark,bay,bellows,bleat,bray,cackle,calling,caterwaul,Caw,cheap

No antonyms found.

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