mew Synonyms
mew Meaning
mew (n)
the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
mew (v)
cry like a cat
utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls
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.
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.
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
roar, bellow, squall, squeal, crake, low, cluck, chirp, oink, howl
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.
