Noun
the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America

Noun
the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)

Verb
cry like a cat; "the cat meowed"

Verb
utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

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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.

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Mew

Mew , n. [AS. mw, akin to D. meeuw, G. m'94we, OHG. mh, Icel. m'ber.] (Zo'94l.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.

Mew

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.

Mew

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.

Mew

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.

Forthcoming from her darksome mew.

Violets in their secret mews.

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

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.

Close mewed in their sedans, for fear of air.

Mew

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

Mew

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

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

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

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

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.

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

To cry as a cat.

The common cry of a cat.