meaning of mew
1. A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
2. To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.
3. To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.
4. 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.
5. 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 kings mews for hawks.
6. To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.
7. To cry as a cat.
8. The common cry of a cat.
9. the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
Related Words
mew | mew gull | mewed | mewing | mewl | mewled | mewler | mewling | mews |
