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MEW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America

Synonyms:

Larus canus; mew; mew gull; sea mew

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mew" is a kind of...):

gull; sea gull; seagull (mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs)

Holonyms ("mew" is a member of...):

genus Larus; Larus (type genus of the Laridae)

Derivation:

mew (cry like a cat)

mew (utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

meow; mew; miaou; miaow; miaul

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("mew" is a kind of...):

cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)

Derivation:

mew (cry like a cat)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cry like a cat

Example:

the cat meowed

Synonyms:

meow; mew

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "mew" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

mew (the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America)

mew (the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "mew" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

mew (the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America)

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