Definition of Mew

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

Exact synonyms: Meow, Miaou, Miaow, Miaul
Generic synonyms: Cry
Derivative terms: Meow, Miaou, Miaow

2. Verb. Cry like a cat. "The cat meowed"
Exact synonyms: Meow
Generic synonyms: Emit, Let Loose, Let Out, Utter
Derivative terms: Meow

3. Noun. The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America.
Exact synonyms: Larus Canus, Mew Gull, Sea Mew
Generic synonyms: Gull, Sea Gull, Seagull
Group relationships: Genus Larus, Larus

4. Verb. Utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls.
Generic synonyms: Emit, Let Loose, Let Out, Utter

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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