Thesaurus: mew

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1. n. A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
2. v. t. To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.
3. v. i. To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.
4. n. 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. n. 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.
6. v. t. To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.
7. v. i. To cry as a cat.
8. n. The common cry of a cat.
9. n. the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
10. n. the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
11. v. cry like a cat
12. v. utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls