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Mew Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Mew?
[n] the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
[n] the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) [v] utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls Synonyms | Synonyms for Mew: Larus canus | meow | mew gull | miaou | miaow | sea mew Related Terms | Find terms related to Mew: adytum | ashram | bark | bawl | bay | beleaguer | bell | bellow | beset | besiege | blare | blat | blate | bleat | blockade | bottle up | bound | box in | box up | bray | burrow | cage | call | caterwaul | cave | cell | chamber | check | cloister | close in | compass | confine | constrain | contain | coop | coop in | coop up | cordon | cordon off | cork up | corral | couch | covert | crib | cry | den | detain | earth | encage | encircle | enclose | encompass | enshrine | fence in | form | give tongue | give voice | hedge in | hem in | hermitage | hideaway | hideout | hiding place | hold | hold in custody | hold in restraint | hole | holy of holies | house in | howl | immure | impound | imprison | incarcerate | include | inhibit | ivory tower | jail | keep in | keep in custody | keep in detention | kennel | lair | leaguer | lodge | low | meow | mew up | mewl | miaow | moo | neigh | nicker | pen | pen in | pen up | pocket | pound | privacy | pule | quarantine | rail in | recess | restrain | restrict | retreat | roar | run | sanctum | sanctum sanctorum | screak | scream | screech | seal up | secret place | shackle | shrine | shut in | shut up | squall | squeak | squeal | stable | surround | troat | tunnel | ululate | wail | wall in | whicker | whine | whinny | wrap | yap | yard | yard up | yawl | yawp | yelp | yip | yowl See Also | cry | emit | genus Larus | gull | Larus | let loose | let out | sea gull | seagull | utter Mew In Webster's Dictionary \Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h,
Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zo["o]l.)
A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus});
called also {sea mew}, {maa}, {mar}, {mow}, and {cobb}.
\Mew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mewed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mewing}.] [OE. muen, F. muer, fr. L. mutare to change, fr. movere to move. See {Move}, and cf. {Mew} a cage, {Molt}.] To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers. Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. --Dryden. \Mew\, v. i. To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance. Now everything doth mew, And shifts his rustic winter robe. --Turbervile. \Mew\, n. [OE. mue, F. mue change of feathers, scales, skin, the time or place when the change occurs, fr. muer to molt, mew, L. mutare to change. See 2d {Mew}.] 1. 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. Full many a fat partrich had he in mewe. --Chaucer. Forthcoming from her darksome mew. --Spenser. Violets in their secret mews. --Wordsworth. 2. 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. \Mew\, v. t. [From {Mew} a cage.] To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure. More pity that the eagle should be mewed. --Shak. Close mewed in their sedans, for fear of air. --Dryden. \Mew\, v. i. [Of imitative origin; cf. G. miauen.] To cry as a cat. [Written also {meaw}, {meow}.] --Shak. \Mew\, n. The common cry of a cat. --Shak. |
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