mew.
A gull, seagull.
Meaning & usage
A gull, seagull.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mewe, mowe, meau, from Old English mǣw (“seagull”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī, from Proto-Germanic *mai(h)waz (“seagull”). See also West Frisian meau, miuw, Dutch meeuw, German Möwe (whence Polish mewa); akin to Latvian maût (“to roar”), Old Church Slavonic мꙑꙗти (myjati, “to mew”).
A prison, or other place of confinement.
A hiding place; a secret store or den.
A breeding-cage for birds.
A cage for hawks, especially while moulting.
A building or set of buildings where moulting birds are kept.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mewe, mue, mwe, from Anglo-Norman mue, muwe, and Middle French mue (“shedding feathers; cage for moulting birds; prison”), from muer (“to moult”).
To shut away, confine, lock up.
To moult.
The hawk mewed his feathers.
To cause to moult.
To shed antlers.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mewe, mue, mwe, from Anglo-Norman mue, muwe, and Middle French mue (“shedding feathers; cage for moulting birds; prison”), from muer (“to moult”).
The crying sound of a cat; a meow, especially of a kitten.
The crying sound of a gull or buzzard.
An exclamation of disapproval; a boo.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mewen; onomatopoeic.
To meow.
To make its cry.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mewen; onomatopoeic.
A cat's (especially a kitten's) cry.
A gull's or buzzard's cry.
An exclamation of disapproval; boo.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mewen; onomatopoeic.
To flatten one's tongue against the roof of the mouth, with the aim of improving jaw and facial structure.
Where this word comes from
Named after British orthodontists John Mew and his son Michael Mew.
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