Mew

[mjuː] or [mju]

Definition

(noun.) the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America.

(verb.) utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls.

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Definition

(n.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.

(v. t.) To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.

(v. i.) To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.

(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.

(n.) 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.

(v. t.) To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.

(v. i.) To cry as a cat.

(n.) The common cry of a cat.

Editor: Vito

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Gull, sea-mew, cob, sea-cob.

v. a. [1]. Confine, incase, coop, imprison, shut up.[2]. Shed (feathers), moult.

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Definition

n. a sea-fowl: a gull.

v.i. to cry as a cat.—n. the cry of a cat.

v.t. to change as the covering or dress: to shed or cast: to confine as in a cage.—v.i. to change: to cast the feathers: to moult.—n. a place for confining: a cage for hawks while mewing: generally in pl. a stable because the royal stables were built where the king's falcons were kept.

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