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mew

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1. mew - Noun

2. mew - Verb

3. mew - Interjection

4. Mew - Proper noun

Meaning

A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.

To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.

To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.

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.

A stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on the site of the king's mews for hawks.

To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.

To cry as a cat.

The common cry of a cat.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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It would be as natural for a full-grown tiger to mew as for a man released from the slavery of imitations ever to go back to his neighbor again with: "What do you think of this? What do you advise about that?”. Henry S. Haskins

the cat meowed Source: Internet

Proponents of the mew class of Wi-Fi devices say the airwaves could eventually offer data transmission speeds of billions of bits per second -- far faster than the millions of bits per second available on most current broadband networks. Source: Internet

In her sleep she seems to mew like a kitten, and he watches her with a strange mixture of tenderness and condescension, imagining that she’s dreaming about a ball of yarn, a plate of milk. Source: Internet

Since we haven't seen Gen 1's Mew or Gen 2's Celebi yet, Jirachi is likely still a long way off. Source: Internet

Mew is Gen 1's ultimate Jack of all Trades Pokémon, with it being able to learn every TM and HM, as well as being the powerful Psychic-type, there's really nothing to complain about it. Source: Internet

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