mew

Meaning

Noun

A gull, seagull.

Verb

1. (archaic) To shut away, confine, lock up.
2. To moult.
3. (obsolete) To cause to moult.
4. (obsolete) To shed antlers.

Verb

1. (especially) To meow.
2. To make its cry.

Intj

1. A cat's (especially a kitten's) cry.
2. A gull's or buzzard's cry.
3. (archaic) An exclamation of disapproval; boo.

Verb

To flatten one's tongue against the roof of the mouth, with the aim of improving jaw and facial structure.

Synonyms

meow

miaow

gull

miaou

meow

miaul

miaow

mew gull

seagull

sea mew

meowing

sea-gull

Larus canus

common gull

bray

croak

mewing

sea gull

shriek

shut up

sing

trill

trumpet

🎺

twitter

utter

waul

whinny

whistle

bleat

miau

wawl

change

cheep

chirp

chirrup

conceal

confine

enclose

hide

hoot

mewl

molt

neigh

pewit

pipe

roar

scream

😱

Translations

miauler

miauen

miaou

miagolare

miolar

maullar

miao

miauwen

miau

miaulement

αλλαγή φτερώματος

νιαούρισμα

νιαουρίζω

maunzen

gaivota

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mjuː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mewe

Inherited from Old English: mǣw

Cognate with Western Frisian: meau, miuw

Cognate with Dutch: meeuw

Cognate with German: Möwe

Inherited from Middle English: mewen

In summary

From Middle English mewe, mowe, meau, from Old English mǣw (“seagull”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī, from Proto-Germanic *mai(h)waz (“seagull”). See also West Frisian meau, miuw, Dutch meeuw, German Möwe (whence Polish mewa); akin to Latvian maût (“to roar”), Old Church Slavonic мꙑꙗти (myjati, “to mew”).