[mjuː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a cat or some kinds of bird) make a characteristic high-pitched crying noise
(e.g: cats mewing to be fed)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: imitative

[mjuː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the high-pitched crying noise of a cat or bird
(e.g: a kitten's mew)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: imitative

[mjuː], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a cage or building for trained hawks, especially while they are moulting


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French mue, from muer ‘to moult’, from Latin mutare ‘to change’

[mjuː], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a trained hawk) moult
(e.g: the eyasses clung dully to their leashes as if they were mewing)

- confine (a trained hawk) to a cage or building while moulting
(e.g: Raoul orders his tent to be pitched and his hawks to be mewed)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French mue, from muer ‘to moult’, from Latin mutare ‘to change’