Definitions for: Mew


[n] the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
[n] the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
[v] utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.


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

Now everything doth mew, And shifts his rustic winter
robe. --Turbervile.


Mew, n. [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 2d Mew.]
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.


Mew, v. t. [From Mew a cage.]
To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other
inclosure.

More pity that the eagle should be mewed. --Shak.

Close mewed in their sedans, for fear of air. --Dryden.


Mew, v. i. [Of imitative origin; cf. G. miauen.]
To cry as a cat. [Written also meaw, meow.] --Shak.


Mew, n.
The common cry of a cat. --Shak.

Synonyms: Larus canus, meow, mew gull, miaou, miaow, sea mew

See Also: cry, emit, genus Larus, gull, Larus, let loose, let out, sea gull, seagull, utter

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