mew

1 the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) [syn: meow, miaou, miaow]

2 the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America [syn: mew gull, sea mew, Larus canus]

1 cry like a cat; "the cat meowed" [syn: meow]

2 utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

English

Pronunciation

• /mjuː/

  Rhymes with: -juː

Etymology 1

From mæw, cognate with Dutch meeuw, French mauve, mouette, West Frisian meau, German Möwe, Icelandic máfur, Lithuanian mevas, Polish mewa, and probably with Old Norse mār, Swedish mås, Danish måge, Norwegian måke, all derived from *maigwis.

Noun

1. A gull, seagull.

Translations

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Noun

1. The crying sound of a cat; a meow.

Translations

Verb

1. In the context of "of a cat}} To meow.

Interjection

The word mew can refer to:

• Mews, a stable for horses
• Mew, or miaow, the noise that cats and some other animals make (see cat communication)
• Common gull
• In falconry, an aviary for hunting birds such as falcons, see mews
• Mew (Pokémon)
• Mew (band), a rock band from Denmark

The abbreviation MEW can refer to:

• Measure of Economic Welfare, the first measure of economic sustainability
• Mortgage equity withdrawal, the decision of consumers to borrow money against the 'real value' of their houses
• Modified early warning score, a score indicating how 'at risk' individual patients are
• Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress

See also

• Mu

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