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mew1 definition

mew (myo̵̅o̅)

noun

  1. a cage, as for hawks while molting
  2. a secret place or den
  3. Obsolete a place of confinement

Etymology: ME mewe < OFr mue < muer, to change, molt < L mutare, to change: see mutate

transitive verb

  1. Etymology: < mewthe

    to confine in or as in a cage; shut up or conceal: often with up

  2. Etymology: ME mewen < OFr muer

    Archaic to shed or change (feathers); molt

intransitive verb

Archaic to molt
mew2 definition

mew (myo̵̅o̅)

noun

the characteristic vocal sound made by a cat

Etymology: echoic

intransitive verb

to make this sound
mew3 definition

mew (myo̵̅o̅)

noun

a gull; esp., the common gull (Larus canus) of Eurasia and NW North America

Etymology: ME mewe < OE mæw, akin to Ger möwe (< LowG): echoic of its cry, as in IE echoic base *mu- > mope

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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