mew¹ /mū/

(esp of a cat, kitten, or gull) to make a thin, high-pitched cry

This sound

Expressing derision

mew² /mū/

A gull

mew³ /mū/

1. To shed, moult or cast
2. To change, as the covering or dress
3. To confine, as in a cage

1. To shed antlers or feathers
2. To moult

1. The process of moulting
2. A cage for hawks, esp while mewing
3. A coop
4. A place of confinement
5. A retreat
6. A hiding-place

mews or meuse /mūz or mūs/ noun

(orig pl of mew, now commonly as sing with new pl mewsˈes) a street or yard of stabling (often converted into dwelling-houses or garages), so called from the king's mews at Charing Cross when hawks were succeeded by horses

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