MEW
Dictionary entry overview: What does mew mean?
• MEW (noun)
The noun MEW has 2 senses:
1. the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
2. the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
Familiarity information: MEW used as a noun is rare.
• MEW (verb)
The verb MEW has 2 senses:
1. cry like a cat
2. utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls
Familiarity information: MEW used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MEW (noun)
Meaning:
The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
miaul; miaow; miaou; mew; meow
Hypernyms ("mew" is a kind of...):
cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)
Meaning:
The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Larus canus; mew gull; sea mew; mew
Hypernyms ("mew" is a kind of...):
gull; sea gull; seagull (mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs)
Holonyms ("mew" is a member of...):
genus Larus; Larus (type genus of the Laridae)
• MEW (verb)
Meaning:
Cry like a cat
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
meow; mew
Context example:
the cat meowed
Hypernyms (to "mew" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "mew" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
