Mew

n.	1.	(Zool.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
v. t.	1.	To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers. [imp. & p. p. Mewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mewing.] Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. - Dryden.
v. i.	1.	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.
n.	1.
	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.
v. t.	1.	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.
v. i.	1.	To cry as a cat.
n.	1.	The common cry of a cat.

Noun	1.	mew - the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) Synonyms: meow, miaou, miaow
	2.	mew - the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America Synonyms: Larus canus, mew gull, sea mew
Verb	1.	mew - cry like a cat; "the cat meowed" Synonyms: meow
	2.	mew - utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

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