Who knew such a short word has so much meaning behind it?mew 1 (my)
n.
1. A cage for hawks, especially when molting.
2. A secret place; a hideaway.
3. mews (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
a. A group of buildings originally containing private stables, often converted into residential apartments.
b. A small street, alley, or courtyard on which such buildings stand.
v. mewed, mew·ing, mews
v.tr.
To confine in or as if in a cage.
v.intr.
To molt. Used of a hawk.
[Middle English meue, from Old French mue, from muer, to molt, from Latin mtre, to change; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots.]
mew 2 (my)
intr.v. mewed, mew·ing, mews
To make the high-pitched, crying sound of a cat; meow.
n.
The crying sound of a cat; a meow.
[Middle English meuen, of imitative origin.]
mew 3 (my)
n.
A seagull (Larus canus) of northern Eurasia and northwest North America.
[Middle English meue, from Old English mw, mu.]
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