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mew 1
(myo͞o)n.
1. A cage for hawks, especially when molting.
2. A secret place; a hideaway.
3. mews(used with a sing. or pl. verb)
a. A group of buildings originally containing private stables, often converted into residential apartments.
b. A small street, alley, or courtyard on which such buildings stand.
v. mewed, mew·ing, mews
v.tr.
To confine in or as if in a cage.
v.intr.
To molt. Used of a hawk.
[Middle English meue, from Old French mue, from muer, to molt, from Latin mūtāre, to change; see mei- in Indo-European roots.]
mew 2
(myo͞o)intr.v. mewed, mew·ing, mews
To make a high-pitched, crying sound, as that of a cat.
n.
A high-pitching crying sound, especially that of a cat.
[Middle English meuen, of imitative origin.]
mew 3
(myo͞o)n.
A migratory gull (Larus canus) that breeds in northern Eurasia and northwest North America.
[Middle English meue, from Old English mǣw, mēu.]
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mew
(mjuː)vb
(Zoology) (intr) (esp of a cat) to make a characteristic high-pitched cry
n
such a sound
[C14: imitative]
mew
(mjuː)n
(Animals) any seagull, esp the common gull, Larus canus. Also called: mew gull or sea mew
[Old English mǣw; compare Old Saxon mēu, Middle Dutch mēwe]
mew
(mjuː)n
(Falconry) a room or cage for hawks, esp while moulting
vb
1. (Falconry) (often foll by: up) to confine (hawks or falcons) in a shelter, cage, etc, usually by tethering them to a perch
2. (Falconry) (intr) (of hawks or falcons) to moult
3. to confine; conceal
4. (tr) obsolete to shed (one's covering, clothes, etc)
[C14: from Old French mue, from muer to moult, from Latin mūtāre to change]
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mew1
(myu) 1. the cry of a cat.
2. the cry of a gull.
v.i. 3. to emit a mew.
[1275–1325]
mew2
(myu)n.
a small gull, Larus canus, of Eurasia and NW North America.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English mǣwe, c. Old Saxon mēu, Middle Dutch mēwe]
mew3
(myu)n.
1. a cage for hawks.
2. a place of retirement or concealment.
3. mews, (usu. with a sing. v.)
a. stables and usu. servants' quarters built around a courtyard.
b. a street having apartments converted from such stables.
c. a secluded street.
[1325–75; Middle English mue < Middle French, n. derivative of muer to molt]
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mew
Past participle: mewed
Gerund: mewing
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| mew |
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| Noun | 1. |  mew - the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night" |
| 2. |  mew - the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North Americagenus Larus, Larus - type genus of the Laridae | |
| Verb | 1. | mew - cry like a cat; "the cat meowed" |
| 2. |  mew - utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls |
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Translations
مُواءيَموء
kňouratmňoukánímňoukat
mjavemjaven
mjálmmjálma
miaukimasmiaukti
ņaudēšanaņaudēt
miyavlamamiyavlamak
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mew
(mjuː) verb to make the cry of a (young) cat. The kittens mewed.
noun such a cry.
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