Mew
WordNet
noun
(1) The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
(2) The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
verb
(3) Cry like a cat
"The cat meowed"
(4) Utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From , cognate with Dutch , French , , West Frisian , German , Icelandic , Lithuanian , Polish , and probably with Old Norse , Swedish , Danish , Norwegian , all derived from .
Etymology 2
From , , and , from .
Noun
- A prison, or other place of confinement.
- A cage for hawks, especially while moulting.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 243:
- A horse in a stable that never travels, a hawk in a mew that seldom flies, are both subject to diseases; which, left unto themselves, are most free from any such encumbrances.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, vol. I, New York 2001, p. 243:
- A building or set of buildings where moulting birds are kept.