mew Sentence Examples

  1. The kitten mewed pitifully, longing for its mother.
  2. As the sun dipped below the horizon, the birds mewed their farewell song.
  3. The opera singer's voice mewed sweetly through the theater.
  4. The wind mewed through the cracks in the windowpane.
  5. The baby mewed softly in its sleep.
  6. The cat mewed at the door, begging to be let inside.
  7. The saxophone player mewed a haunting melody that filled the room.
  8. The wind mewed through the trees, creating an eerie ambiance.
  9. The cat's eyes mewed with fear as it stared at the stranger.
  10. The injured bird mewed weakly, longing for help.

mew Meaning

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

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

screech, moo, roar,meow, bellow, cluck, cheep, crow, squall, croak

No antonyms found.

The kitten mewed pitifully, longing for its mother.

As the sun dipped below the horizon, the birds mewed their farewell song.

The opera singer's voice mewed sweetly through the theater.

The wind mewed through the cracks in the windowpane.