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Definition mew
Etymology 1
From Middle English mewe, mowe, meau, from Old English m?w, from Proto-Germanic *maihwaz, *maiwaz (“seagull”) (compare West Frisian meau, mieu, Dutch meeuw, German Möwe), from *maiwijan? (“to shout, mew”) (compare Middle English mawen (“to shout, mew”), Middle Dutch mauwen, Middle High German m?wen); akin to Latvian maût (“to roar”), Old Church Slavonic ????? (myjati, “to mew”).
Noun
mew (plural mews)
Etymology 2
From Middle English mewe, mue, mwe, from Anglo-Norman mue, muwe, and Middle French mue (“shedding feathers; cage for moulting birds; prison”), from muer (“to moult”).
Noun
mew (plural mews)
- (obsolete) A prison, or other place of confinement.
- (obsolete) A hiding place; a secret store or den.
- (obsolete) A breeding-cage for birds.
- (falconry) A cage for hawks, especially while moulting.
- (falconry, in the plural) A building or set of buildings where moulting birds are kept.
Verb
mew (third-person singular simple present mews, present participle mewing, simple past and past participle mewed)
- (archaic) To shut away, confine, lock up.
- (of a bird) To moult.
- (of a bird, obsolete) To cause to moult.
- (of a deer, obsolete) To shed antlers.
Etymology 3
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
mew (plural mews)
- The crying sound of a cat; a meow.
- The crying sound of a gull.
- (obsolete) An exclamation of disapproval; a boo.
Verb
mew (third-person singular simple present mews, present participle mewing, simple past and past participle mewed)
- (of a cat) To meow.
Interjection
mew
- A cat's cry.
- A gull's cry.
- (archaic) An exclamation of disapproval; boo.
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