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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)

  1. (archaic, poetic) A gull, seagull.

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)

  1. (obsolete) A prison, or other place of confinement.
  2. (obsolete) A hiding place; a secret store or den.
  3. (obsolete) A breeding-cage for birds.
  4. (falconry) A cage for hawks, especially while moulting.
  5. (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)

  1. (archaic) To shut away, confine, lock up.
  2. (of a bird) To moult.
  3. (of a bird, obsolete) To cause to moult.
  4. (of a deer, obsolete) To shed antlers.

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

mew (plural mews)

  1. The crying sound of a cat; a meow.
  2. The crying sound of a gull.
  3. (obsolete) An exclamation of disapproval; a boo.
Verb

mew (third-person singular simple present mews, present participle mewing, simple past and past participle mewed)

  1. (of a cat) To meow.
Interjection

mew

  1. A cat's cry.
  2. A gull's cry.
  3. (archaic) An exclamation of disapproval; boo.

Results 461 Words with the letters MEW

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9 letter words with the letters MEW 
8 letter words with the letters MEW 
7 letter words with the letters MEW 
6 letter words with the letters MEW 
BEWORM 15
BOWMEN 16
COWMEN 16
DEWORM 13
EMBOWS 15
ENWOMB 16
LAWMEN 14
MEADOW 13
MELLOW 14
MEOWED 13
MEWING 15
MEWLED 14
MEWLER 13
MILDEW 14
MOWERS 12
REWARM 12
UNMEWS 14
WADMEL 14
WAMBLE 16
WARMED 13
WARMER 12
WHELMS 15
WIMBLE 16
WIMPLE 16
WOMBED 16
WOMERA 12
WORMED 13
WORMER 12
5 letter words with the letters MEW 
EMBOW 14
MAWED 12
MEOWS 11
MEWED 12
MEWLS 12
MOWED 12
MOWER 11
SMEWS 11
UNMEW 13
WAMES 11
WHELM 14
WOMEN 12
4 letter words with the letters MEW 
MEOW 10
MEWL 11
MEWS 10
SMEW 10
WAME 10
3 letter words with the letters MEW 
MEW 9
2 letter words with the letters MEW 
EM 5
ME 5
WE 5

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