Lexic.us

Definition of Mew

1. Verb. Cry like a cat. "The cat meowed"

2. Noun. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).

3. Verb. Utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls.

4. Noun. The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America.

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. Noun. (obsolete) A gull, seagull. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) A prison, or other place of confinement. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete) A hiding-place; a secret store or den. ¹

4. Noun. (context: falconry) A cage for hawks, especially while moulting. ¹

5. Noun. (context: falconry in the plural) A building or set of buildings where moulting birds are kept. ¹

6. Verb. (obsolete) To shut away, confine, lock up. ¹

7. Noun. The crying sound of a cat; a meow. ¹

8. Verb. (context: of a cat) To meow. ¹

9. Interjection. A cat's cry. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mew

1. to confine [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: confine

Medical Definition of Mew

1. 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. A gull, especially. The common British species (Larus canus). Synonym: sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb. Origin: AS. Mw, akin to D. Meeuw, G. Mowe, OHG. Mh, Icel. Mar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mew

meuses meusing mevalonate mevalonates mevalonic mevalonic acid mevalonic aciduria mevastatin mevastatin hydroxylase meve

meved meves meving mevinolin mevinphos mew (current term) mew gull mewed mewing mewingly

mewl mewled mewler mewlers mewling mewlings mewls mews mewsed mewses

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