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mew

Pronunciation: (myOO), [key]
—n.
1. the tiny, high-pitched sound a cat or kitten makes.
2. the characteristic sound a gull makes.

—v.i.
to make a mew or emit a similar sound.

mew

Pronunciation: (myOO), [key]
—n.
a small gull, Larus canus, of Eurasia and northwestern North America. Also called mew' gull".

mew

Pronunciation: (myOO), [key]
—n.
1. a cage for hawks, esp. while molting.
2. a pen in which poultry is fattened.
3. a place of retirement or concealment.
4. mews, (usually used with a sing. v.) Chiefly Brit.
a. (formerly) an area of stables built around a small street.
b. a street having small apartments converted from such stables.

—v.t.
Archaic.to shut up in or as in a mew; confine; conceal (often fol. by up).