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Meaning Of Mew

  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.



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