noun
- the cry of a cat or seagull
- a cage for hawks
Usage: archaic
verb
- to make the cry of a cat or seagull
- to confine in a cage
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The kitten let out a soft mew when it was hungry.
- Seagulls mewed overhead as we walked along the beach.
- The cat began to mew loudly at the door.
- A plaintive mew came from under the porch.
- The lost kitten would mew pitifully all night.
- We could hear the cats mew in the alley.