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Meaning and definition for "mew" word
[noun] the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
[verb] utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls
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\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 for mew
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 |
Related terms: box in, burrow, constrain, coop in, earth, give tongue, immure, leaguer, lodge, low, mew up, miaow, moo, pocket, pound, restrain, restrict, shrine, squall, whicker, wrap, yelp
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Let's analyse "mew" as pure text. This string has Three letters in One syllable and One vowel. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: WEM. Average typing speed for these characters is 795 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
mew: 5 = 5, reduced: 5 . and the final result is Five. |
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