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Meanings of mew in English

Portuguese
miado
Catalan
marrameu
Spanish
miau

The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)

        miado
        Catalan
        gavina cendrosa

        The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America.

              gavina cendrosa
              Synonyms
              Examples for "mew gull"
              Examples for "mew gull"
              1
              A swarm of mewing gulls went to and fro, and with them mingled pigeons and crows.
              Love and Mr. Lewisham
              Usage of mew in English
              1
              I lie in bed waiting for the next mew, all worked up.
              Something New
              2
              The kitten stirred in her hands and let out a weak mew.
              The spurned viscountess
              3
              A loud mew from the backseat startled me out of my thoughts.
              Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
              4
              At ten precisely it was heard to mew and was immediately admitted.
              Clara Hopgood
              5
              But it looks pretty large for a kitten, and it doesn't mew.
              The Japanese Twins
              6
              She made a little mew of displeasure and looked resentfully at him.
              Jonathan strange and mr norrell
              7
              And the whining fearful mew of the cat beside him changed.
              The Monster
              8
              Polly wants a cracker; and she can mew like a cat.
              McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition
              9
              With a tiny, satisfied mew, Yoplait scampered in ahead of us.
              Sister Mine
              10
              Someone hissed, and a sharp feline mew of pain jolted her to action.
              The spurned viscountess
              11
              The only reply was a melancholy, love-stricken mew which went to my heart.
              The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
              12
              When you hear a cat mew under your window, let down the line.
              Manco, the Peruvian Chief / Or, An Englishman's Adventures in th...
              13
              Suddenly, faint but distinct, sounded an unmistakable mew under the box.
              Anne of the Island
              14
              The cat replied with a near-silent mew, and set about cleaning its face.
              Sister Mine
              15
              She won't teach us to mew, but we shall know how without teaching.
              The Story of the Treasure Seekers / Being the Adventures of the ...
              16
              They may 'moo' like the cow, or 'mew' like the cat!
              The Frontiersmen
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              Translations for mew
              Portuguese
              miadomiau
              Spanish
              miau
              Mew through the time
              Mew across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common