First Known Use: before 12th century
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1mew
noun \ˈmyü\
Definition of MEW
: gull; especially : a small gull (Larus canus) of Eurasia and western North America
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Origin of MEW
Middle English, from Old English mǣw; akin to Old Norse mār gull
Rhymes with MEW
blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo
2mew
verb
Definition of MEW
intransitive verb
: to utter a mew or similar sound <gulls mewed over the bay>
transitive verb
: to utter by mewing : meow
Origin of MEW
Middle English mewen, of imitative origin
First Known Use: 14th century
3mew
noun
4mew
noun
Definition of MEW
1
: an enclosure for trained hawks —usually used in plural
2
: a place for hiding or retirement
3
plural but sing or plural in constr chiefly British a (1) : stables usually with living quarters built around a court (2) : living quarters adapted from such stables b : back street : alley
Origin of MEW
Middle English mewe, from Anglo-French mue, muwe, from muer to change, molt, from Latin mutare to change — more at mutable
First Known Use: 14th century
5mew
verb
Definition of MEW
transitive verb
: to shut up : confine —often used with up
First Known Use of MEW
15th century
MEWS Defined for Kids
1mew
verb \ˈmyü\
mewedmew·ing
Definition of MEW for Kids
: to make a sound like a meow
2mew
noun
Definition of MEW for Kids
: 1meow
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