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1. mew
the cry of a cat.
2. mew
the cry of a gull.
3. (v.i.) mew
to emit a mew.
4. (n.) mew
a small gull, Larus canus, of Eurasia and NW North America.
5. (n.) mew
a cage for hawks.
6. mew
a place of retirement or concealment.
7. mew
mews, (usu. with a sing. v.)
8. mew
stables and usu. servants' quarters built around a courtyard.
9. mew
a street having apartments converted from such stables.
10. mew
a secluded street.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME mue < MF, n. der. of muer to molt)
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| Definition of 'MEW' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) meow, mew, miaou, miaow, miaul
the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
2. (verb) mew, mew gull, sea mew, Larus canus
the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
3. (verb) meow, mew
cry like a cat
"the cat meowed"
4. (verb) mew
utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) MEW
a gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb
2. (noun) MEW
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
3. (noun) MEW
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
4. (noun) MEW
the common cry of a cat
5. (verb) MEW
to shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers
6. (verb) MEW
to cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance
7. (verb) MEW
to shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure
8. (verb) MEW
to cry as a cat
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Sense: to make the cry of a (young) cat
The kittens mewed.
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 Afrikaans: miaau |
 Arabic: يَموء |
 Bulgarian: мяукам |
 Brazilian: miar |
 Czech: mňoukat, kňourat |
 German: miauen |
 Danish: mjave |
 Greek: νιαουρίζω |
 Spanish: maullar |
 Estonian: näuguma |
 Farsi: میو میو کردن |
 Finnish: maukua |
 French: miauler |
 Hebrew: לְיַלֵל |
 Hindi: बिल्ली की म्यांव-म्यांव क |
 Croatian: mijaukanje |
 Hungarian: nyávog |
 Indonesian: mengeong |
 Icelandic: mjálma |
 Italian: miagolare |
 Japanese: ニャーと鳴く |
 Korean: 야옹하고 울다 |
 Lithuanian: miaukti |
 Latvian: ņaudēt |
 Malay: mengiau |
 Dutch: miauwen |
 Norwegian: mjaue; skrike |
 Polish: miauczeć |
 Persian: میو میو کردن |
 Pashto: ميو ميو كول |
 Portuguese: miar |
 Romanian: a mieuna |
 Russian: мяукать |
 Slovak: mňaučať |
 Slovenian: mijavkati |
 Serbian: mjaukati |
 Swedish: jama |
 Thai: ทำเสียงร้องของแมว |
 Turkish: miyavlamak |
 Taiwanese: (小貓) 喵喵叫 |
 Ukrainian: нявкати |
 Urdu: میاؤں نکالنا |
 Vietnamese: kêu meo meo |
 Chinese: （猫叫声）咪咪叫 |
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