Mew (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the tiny, high-pitched sound a cat or kitten makes.
  2. the characteristic sound a gull makes.
verb (used without object)
  1. to make a mew or emit a similar sound.
noun
  1. a small gull, Larus canus, of Eurasia and northwestern North America.
noun
  1. a cage for hawks, especially while molting.
  2. a pen in which poultry is fattened.
  3. a place of retirement or concealment.
  4. mews, (usually used with a singular verb)Chiefly British.
    • (formerly) an area of stables built around a small street.
    • a street having small apartments converted from such stables.
verb (used with object)
  1. to shut up in or as in a mew; confine; conceal (often followed by up).
verb (used with or without object)
  1. to shed (feathers); molt.
verb
  1. (esp of a cat) to make a characteristic high-pitched cry
noun
  1. such a sound
noun
  1. any seagull, esp the common gull, Larus canus
noun
  1. a room or cage for hawks, esp while moulting
verb
  1. to confine (hawks or falcons) in a shelter, cage, etc, usually by tethering them to a perch
  2. to confine, conceal
verb
  1. (of hawks or falcons) to moult
  2. to shed (one's covering, clothes, etc)
Mew (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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