'Mew' definitions:
Definition of 'mew'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America [syn: mew, mew gull, sea mew, Larus canus]
verb
Cry like a cat; "the cat meowed" [syn: meow, mew]
verb
Utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls
Definition of 'Mew'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Mew'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mew'
From: GCIDE
- Mew \Mew\, v. i. To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance. [1913 Webster]
- Now everything doth mew, And shifts his rustic winter robe. --Turbervile. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mew'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Full many a fat partrich had he in mewe. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Forthcoming from her darksome mew. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Violets in their secret mews. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mew'
From: GCIDE
- Mew \Mew\, v. t. [From Mew a cage.] To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure. [1913 Webster]
- More pity that the eagle should be mewed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Close mewed in their sedans, for fear of air. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mew'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Mew'
From: GCIDE
- Mew \Mew\, n. The common cry of a cat. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mew'
From: GCIDE
- Spicknel \Spick"nel\, n. [Contr. from spike nail a large, long nail; -- so called in allusion to the shape of its capillary leaves.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous herb (Meum Athamanticum) having finely divided leaves, common in Europe; -- called also baldmoney, mew, and bearwort. [Written also spignel.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mew'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adytum,
- ashram,
- bark,
- bawl,
- bay,
- beleaguer,
- bell,
- bellow,
- beset,
- besiege,
- blare,
- blat,
- blate,
- bleat,
- blockade,
- bottle up,
- bound,
- box in,
- box up,
- bray,
- burrow,
- cage,
- call,
- caterwaul,
- cave,
- cell,
- chamber,
- check,
- cloister,
- close in,
- compass,
- confine,
- constrain,
- contain,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- cork up,
- corral,
- couch,
- covert,
- crib,
- cry,
- den,
- detain,
- earth,
- encage,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- enshrine,
- fence in,
- form,
- give tongue,
- give voice,
- hedge in,
- hem in,
- hermitage,
- hideaway,
- hideout,
- hiding place,
- hold,
- hold in custody,
- hold in restraint,
- hole,
- holy of holies,
- house in,
- howl,
- immure,
- impound,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- include,
- inhibit,
- ivory tower,
- jail,
- keep in,
- keep in custody,
- keep in detention,
- kennel,
- lair,
- leaguer,
- lodge,
- low,
- meow,
- mew up,
- mewl,
- miaow,
- moo,
- neigh,
- nicker,
- pen,
- pen in,
- pen up,
- pocket,
- pound,
- privacy,
- pule,
- quarantine,
- rail in,
- recess,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- retreat,
- roar,
- run,
- sanctum,
- sanctum sanctorum,
- screak,
- scream,
- screech,
- seal up,
- secret place,
- shackle,
- shrine,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- squall,
- squeak,
- squeal,
- stable,
- surround,
- troat,
- tunnel,
- ululate,
- wail,
- wall in,
- whicker,
- whine,
- whinny,
- wrap,
- yap,
- yard,
- yard up,
- yawl,
- yawp,
- yelp,
- yip,
- yowl