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Definition of Mew
1. Noun. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
2. Verb. Cry like a cat. "The cat meowed"
3. Noun. The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America.
Generic synonyms: Gull, Sea Gull, Seagull
Group relationships: Genus Larus, Larus
4. Verb. Utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls.
Definition of Mew
1. n. A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
2. v. t. To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.
3. v. i. To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.
4. n. 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. v. t. To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.
6. v. i. To cry as a cat.
7. n. The common cry of a cat.
Definition of Mew
1. to confine [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: confine
Medical Definition of Mew
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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.
Origin: 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 Mew.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mew
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