Definitions for MEWmyu

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mewmyu

  1. the cry of a cat.

  2. the cry of a gull.

  3. (v.i.)to emit a mew.

Origin of mew:

1275–1325

mewmyu(n.)

  1. a small gull, Larus canus, of Eurasia and NW North America.

    Category: Ornithology

Origin of mew:

bef. 900; ME; OE mǣwe, c. OS mēu, MD mēwe

mewmyu(n.)

  1. a cage for hawks.

  2. a place of retirement or concealment.

  3. mews, (usu. with a sing. v.) stables and usu. servants' quarters built around a courtyard. a street having apartments converted from such stables. a secluded street.

    Category: British

Origin of mew:

1325–75; ME mue < MF, n. der. of muer to molt

Princeton's WordNet

  1. meow, mew, miaou, miaow, miaul(noun)

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

  2. mew, mew gull, sea mew, Larus canus(verb)

    the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America

  3. meow, mew(verb)

    cry like a cat

    "the cat meowed"

  4. mew(verb)

    utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mew(noun)

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

  2. Mew(verb)

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

  3. Mew(verb)

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

  4. Mew(noun)

    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

  5. Mew(noun)

    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

  6. Mew(verb)

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

  7. Mew(verb)

    to cry as a cat

  8. Mew(noun)

    the common cry of a cat


Translations for MEW

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

mew(noun)

such a cry.

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