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Look up: MEW

  1. mew
    [n] - the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America 2. [v] - utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. MEW
    Ministry of Economic Warfare (WWII)
    Found on http://www.psywar.co.uk/glossary.php

  3. Mew
    Mew noun [ Anglo-Saxon m...w , akin to Dutch meeuw , German möwe , Old High German m...h , Icelandic mār .] (Zoology) A gull, esp. the common British species ( Larus canus ); called also sea mew , maa , mar , mow , and cobb .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/60

  4. Mew
    Mew transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Mewed ; present participle & verbal noun Mewing .] [ Middle English muen , French muer , from Latin mutare to change, from movere to move. See Move , and confer Mew a cage, Molt .] To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/60

  5. Mew
    Mew intransitive verb To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance. « Now everything doth mew , And shifts his rustic winter robe.» Turbervile.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/60

  6. Mew
    Mew noun [ Middle English mue , French mue change of feathers, scales, skin, the time or place when the change occurs, from muer to molt, mew, Latin mutare to change. See 2d Mew .] 1. A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural. « Full ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/60

  7. Mew
    Mew transitive verb [ From Mew a cage.] To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure. « More pity that the eagle should be mewed Shak. « Close mewed in their sedans, for fear of air.» Dryden.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/60

  8. Mew
    Mew intransitive verb [ Of imitative origin; confer German miauen .] To cry as a cat. [ Written also meaw , meow .] Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/60

  9. Mew
    Mew noun The common cry of a cat. Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/60

  10. mew
    1. A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; in the latter sense usually in the plural. 'Full many a fat partrich had he in mewe.' (Chaucer) 'Forthcoming from her darksome mew.' (Spenser) 'Violets in their secret mews.' (Wordsworth) ... 2. A stable or range of stables for hors ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. mew
    mew gull noun the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. Mew
    The word `mew` can refer to: *Mews, a stable for horses *`Meow` or `miaow`, the noise cats make, see cat communication *An old word for seagull, or the noise they make. *In falconry, an aviary for hunting birds such as falcons, see mews *Mew (Pokémon) *Mew (band), an indie rock band from Denmark The abbreviation `MEW` can refer to: *Mortgage equity withdrawal, the decision of consumers to borrow money against the 'real value' of their houses *M...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mew

  13. Mew
    • (n.) A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb. • (n.) A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural. • (v. i.) To cry as a cat. • (n.) A stable or range o...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. MEW
    Measure of economic welfare.
    Found on http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/


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