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Showing words for MEW using the English dictionary

3 Letter Words for Mew

mew, wem

Definitions for Mew

[1] the tiny, high-pitched sound a cat or kitten makes.
[2] the characteristic sound a gull makes.
[3] to make a mew or emit a similar sound.
[4] a small gull, Larus canus, of Eurasia and northwestern North America.
[5] a cage for hawks, especially while molting.
[6] a pen in which poultry is fattened.
[7] a place of retirement or concealment.
[8] mews, (usually used with a singular verb ) Chiefly British . (formerly) an area of stables built around a small street. a street having small apartments converted from such stables.
[9] Archaic . to shut up in or as in a mew; confine; conceal (often followed by up ).
[10] to shed (feathers); to molt.
[11] (intr) (esp of a cat) to make a characteristic high-pitched cry
[12] such a sound
[13] any seagull, esp the common gull, Larus canus Also called: mew gull , sea mew
[14] a room or cage for hawks, esp while moulting
[15] (tr often foll by up ) to confine (hawks or falcons) in a shelter, cage, etc, usually by tethering them to a perch
[16] to confine, conceal
[17] (intr) (of hawks or falcons) to moult
[18] (tr) obsolete to shed (one's covering, clothes, etc)

Words related to Mew

fence, wall, bound, restrict, intern, wrap, circumscribe, encompass, imbue, veil, limit, pen, jail, circle, confine, impound, encircle, coop, blockade, hedge

Words nearby Mew

meursault, meurthe-et-moselle, meuse, mev, mevrou, mew, mewar, mewl, mews, mex, mex.

Origin of Mew

41325–75; Middle English mewen < Old French muer to molt < Latin mūtāre to change

Words that may be confused with Mew

mews, muse

Other words from Mew

mew·er , noun

Word origin for Mew

C14: from Old French muer to moult, from Latin mūtāre to change

Synonyms for Mew

blockade, bound, cage, circle, circumscribe, confine, coop, corral, cover, encase, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, environ, fence, hedge, imbue, immure, implant, impound, imprison, include, induct, insert, intern, jail, limit, pen, restrict, veil, wall, wrap, block off, box up, close in, fence off, hem in, lock in, lock up, mure, set apart, shut in, shut up, wall in