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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mew1 /myu/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- the high-pitched cry of a cat.
v. [no object] - to make a mew or similar sound.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mew1 (myo̅o̅),USA pronunciation n. - the tiny, high-pitched sound a cat or kitten makes.
- the characteristic sound a gull makes.
v.i. - to make a mew or emit a similar sound.
- 1275–1325; Middle English meuen; imitative
- Birdsa small gull, Larus canus, of Eurasia and northwestern North America. Also called mew′ gull′.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English mǣwe; cognate with German Müwe
- a cage for hawks, esp. while molting.
- Animal Husbandrya pen in which poultry is fattened.
- a place of retirement or concealment.
- British Termsmews, (usually used with a sing. v.)[Chiefly Brit.]
- (formerly) an area of stables built around a small street.
- a street having small apartments converted from such stables.
v.t. - [Archaic.]to shut up in or as in a mew;
confine;
conceal (often fol. by up).
- Middle French, akin to muer to molt. See mew4
- Middle English mue 1325–75
- to shed (feathers);
to molt.
- Latin mūtāre to change
- Old French muer to molt
- Middle English mewen 1325–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: mew /mjuː/ vb - (intransitive) (esp of a cat) to make a characteristic high-pitched cry
n - such a sound
Etymology: 14th Century: imitative mew /mjuː/ n - any seagull, esp the common gull, Larus canus
Etymology: Old English mǣw; compare Old Saxon mēu, Middle Dutch mēwe mew /mjuː/ n - a room or cage for hawks, esp while moulting
vb - (transitive) often followed by up: to confine (hawks or falcons) in a shelter, cage, etc, usually by tethering them to a perch
- to confine, conceal
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French mue, from muer to moult, from Latin mūtāre to change |