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{{also|Mew}}
==English==

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{obsolete}} A [[gull]], [[seagull]].
#* {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene}}, II.xii:
#*:A daungerous and detestable place, / To which nor fish nor fowle did once approch, / But yelling '''Meawes''', with Seagulles hoarse and bace [...].

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{obsolete}} A [[prison]], or other place of confinement.
# {{obsolete}} A [[hiding-place]]; a secret store or den.
#*'''1590''', Edmund Spenser, ''The Faerie Queene'', II.vii:
#*:Ne toung did tell, ne hand these handled not, / But safe I haue them kept in secret '''mew''', / From heauens sight, and powre of all which them pursew.
# {{context|falconry}} A cage for [[hawks]], especially while [[moulting]].
#*'''1621''', Robert Burton, ''The Anatomy of Melancholy'', vol. I, New York 2001, p. 243:
#*:A horse in a stable that never travels, a hawk in a '''mew''' that seldom flies, are both subject to diseases; which, left unto themselves, are most free from any such encumbrances.
# {{context|falconry|in plural}} A building or set of buildings where moulting birds are kept.

====Verb====
{{en-verb|mew|s}}

# {{obsolete}} To [[shut away]], [[confine]], [[lock up]].
#*'''c. 1669''', John Donne, "Loves Warre":
#*:To '''mew''' me in a Ship, is to inthrall / Mee in a prison, that weare like to fall [...].

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# The crying sound of a cat; a [[meow]].

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{context|of a cat}} To [[meow]].

====Interjection====
{{en-interj}}

# A cat's cry.

===Adverbs for Mew===

plaintively;   sympathetically;  maternally;
shrilly; vociferously. 

===Thesaurus===
[[adytum]], [[ashram]], [[bark]], [[bawl]], [[bay]], [[beleaguer]], [[bell]], [[bellow]], [[beset]], [[besiege]], [[blare]], [[blat]], [[blate]], [[bleat]], [[blockade]], [[bottle up]], [[bound]], [[box in]], [[box up]], [[bray]], [[burrow]], [[cage]], [[call]], [[caterwaul]], [[cave]], [[cell]], [[chamber]], [[check]], [[cloister]], [[close in]], [[compass]], [[confine]], [[constrain]], [[contain]], [[coop]], [[coop in]], [[coop up]], [[cordon]], [[cordon off]], [[cork up]], [[corral]], [[couch]], [[covert]], [[crib]], [[cry]], [[den]], [[detain]], [[earth]], [[encage]], [[encircle]], [[enclose]], [[encompass]], [[enshrine]], [[fence in]], [[form]], [[give tongue]], [[give voice]], [[hedge in]], [[hem in]], [[hermitage]], [[hideaway]], [[hideout]], [[hiding place]], [[hold]], [[hold in custody]], [[hold in restraint]], [[hole]], [[holy of holies]], [[house in]], [[howl]], [[immure]], [[impound]], [[imprison]], [[incarcerate]], [[include]], [[inhibit]], [[ivory tower]], [[jail]], [[keep in]], [[keep in custody]], [[keep in detention]], [[kennel]], [[lair]], [[leaguer]], [[lodge]], [[low]], [[meow]], [[mew up]], [[mewl]], [[miaow]], [[moo]], [[neigh]], [[nicker]], [[pen]], [[pen in]], [[pen up]], [[pocket]], [[pound]], [[privacy]], [[pule]], [[quarantine]], [[rail in]], [[recess]], [[restrain]], [[restrict]], [[retreat]], [[roar]], [[run]], [[sanctum]], [[sanctum sanctorum]], [[screak]], [[scream]], [[screech]], [[seal up]], [[secret place]], [[shackle]], [[shrine]], [[shut in]], [[shut up]], [[squall]], [[squeak]], [[squeal]], [[stable]], [[surround]], [[troat]], [[tunnel]], [[ululate]], [[wail]], [[wall in]], [[whicker]], [[whine]], [[whinny]], [[wrap]], [[yap]], [[yard]], [[yard up]], [[yawl]], [[yawp]], [[yelp]], [[yip]], [[yowl]]

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/mjuː/}}
* {{rhymes|juː}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{etyl|enm}} {{term|mewe|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|mæw|mǣw|lang=ang|sc=Latinx}}, from {{proto|Germanic|maiwaz|lang=en}} (compare West Frisian {{term|meau|lang=fy}}, {{term|mieu|lang=fy}}, {{etyl|nl|-}} {{term|meeuw|lang=nl}}, {{etyl|de|-}} {{term|Möwe|lang=de}}), from {{proto|Germanic|title=|maiwijanan}} 'to shout, mew' (compare Middle English {{term|mawen|lang=enm}} 'to shout, mew', Middle Dutch {{term|mauwen|lang=dum}}, Middle High German {{term|māwen|lang=gmh}}); akin to Latvian {{term|maût|lang=lv}} 'to roar', Old Church Slavonic {{term|myjati}} 'to mew'.

===Etymology 2===
From {{etyl|xno}} {{term|mue}}, {{term|muwe}}, and {{etyl|frm}} {{term|mue||shedding feathers; cage for moulting birds; prison}}, from {{term|muer||to moult}}.

===Etymology 3===
[[onomatopoeic|Onomatopoeic]]

==Translations==
====Noun====
{{trans-top|gull or seagull}}
* Japanese: [[鴎]] ([[カモメ]], kamome)
* Korean: [[갈매기]] (galmaegi)
* Latvian: {{t|lv|kaija}}
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|mewa}}
* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[faoileann]] {{f}}
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====Noun====
{{trans-see|crying sound of a cat|meow}}

====Verb====
{{trans-see|meow}}

===Anagrams===
* [[wem#English|wem]]

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==Yurok==

====Noun====
'''mew'''

# [[widower]]

[[Category:Yurok nouns]]