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–noun
1.the tiny, high-pitched sound a cat or kitten makes.
2.the characteristic sound a gull makes.
–verb (used without object)
3.to make a mew or emit a similar sound.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME meuen; imit.]
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–noun
a small gull, Larus canus, of Eurasia and northwestern North America.
Also called mew gull.


[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE mǣwe; c. G Müwe]
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–noun
1.a cage for hawks, esp. 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.
a.(formerly) an area of stables built around a small street.
b.a street having small apartments converted from such stables.
–verb (used with object)
5.Archaic. to shut up in or as in a mew; confine; conceal (often fol. by up).

[Origin: 1325–75; ME mue < MF, akin to muer to molt. See mew4]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to shed (feathers); to molt.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME mewen < OF muer to molt < L mūtāre to change]

mewer, noun
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mew 1    Audio Help   (myōō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A cage for hawks, especially when molting.
  2. A secret place; a hideaway.
  3. mews (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
    1. A group of buildings originally containing private stables, often converted into residential apartments.
    2. A small street, alley, or courtyard on which such buildings stand.

v.   mewed, mew·ing, mews

v.   tr.
To confine in or as if in a cage.

v.   intr.
To molt. Used of a hawk.


[Middle English meue, from Old French mue, from muer, to molt, from Latin mūtāre, to change; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.]

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intr.v.   mewed, mew·ing, mews
To make the high-pitched, crying sound of a cat; meow.

n.   The crying sound of a cat; a meow.


[Middle English meuen, of imitative origin.]

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n.   A seagull (Larus canus) of northern Eurasia and northwest North America.


[Middle English meue, from Old English mǣw, mēu.]

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mew  (v.)
"make a sound like a cat," c.1325, mewen, of imitative origin (cf. Ger. miauen, FR. miauler, It. miagolare, Sp. maullar, and see meow). Variant mewl is attested from 1600.

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mew  (n.1)
"seagull," O.E. mæw, from P.Gmc. *maigwis (cf. O.S. mew, Fris. meau, M.L.G. mewe, Du. meeuw "gull"), of imitative origin. O.Fr. moue (Fr. mouette) and Lith. mevas are Gmc. loan-words.

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mew  (n.2)
"cage," c.1300, from O.Fr. mue "cage for hawks, especially when molting," from muer "to molt," from L. mutare "to change" (see mutable).

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mew

noun
1. the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) [syn: meow
2. the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America 

verb
1. cry like a cat; "the cat meowed" [syn: meow
2. utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls 

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mew [mjuː] verb
to make the cry of a (young) cat
Example: The kittens mewed.
Arabic: يَموء
Chinese (Simplified): 咪咪叫
Chinese (Traditional): 咪咪叫
Czech: mňoukat, kňourat
Danish: mjave
Dutch: miauwen
Estonian: näuguma
Finnish: naukua
French: miauler
German: miauen
Greek: νιαουρίζω
Hungarian: nyávog
Icelandic: mjálma
Indonesian: mengeong
Italian: miagolare
Japanese: ニャーと鳴く
Korean: 야옹하고 울다
Latvian: ņaudēt
Lithuanian: miaukti
Norwegian: mjaue; skrike
Polish: miauczeć
Portuguese (Brazil): miar
Portuguese (Portugal): miar
Romanian: a mieuna
Russian: мяукать
Slovak: mňaučať
Slovenian: mijavkati
Spanish: maullar
Swedish: jama
Turkish: miyavlamak
mew [mjuː] noun
such a cry
Arabic: مُواء
Chinese (Simplified): 咪(猫叫声)
Chinese (Traditional): 咪(貓叫聲)
Czech: mňoukání
Danish: mjaven
Dutch: miauw
Estonian: näugumine
Finnish: nau'unta
French: miaulement
German: das Miauen
Greek: νιαούρισμα
Hungarian: nyávogás
Icelandic: mjálm
Indonesian: suara meongan
Italian: miagolio
Japanese: ニャーという鳴き声
Korean: 야옹하는 소리
Latvian: ņaudēšana
Lithuanian: miaukimas
Norwegian: mjau(ing); måkeskrik
Polish: miauczenie
Portuguese (Brazil): miado
Portuguese (Portugal): miado
Romanian: mieunat
Russian: мяуканье
Slovak: mňaučanie
Slovenian: mijavkanje
Spanish: maullido
Swedish: jamande
Turkish: miyavlama
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Mew

Maw\ (m[add]), n. [See Mew a gull.] (Zo["o]l.) A gull.
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Mew

Meaw\, v. i. See Mew, to cry as a cat.
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Mew

Me*ow"\, v. i. & n. See 6th and 7th Mew.
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Mew

Meute\, n. A cage for hawks; a mew. See 4th Mew, 1. --Milman.
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Mew

Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h, Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zo["o]l.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
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Mew

Mew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mewing.] [OE. muen, F. muer, fr. L. mutare to change, fr. movere to move. See Move, and cf. Mew a cage, Molt.] To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.

Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. --Dryden.
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Mew

Mew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mewing.] [OE. muen, F. muer, fr. L. mutare to change, fr. movere to move. See Move, and cf. Mew a cage, Molt.] To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.

Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. --Dryden.
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