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Noun: mew  myoo
  1. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
    - meow, miaou, miaow, miaul
     
  2. The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
    - mew gull, sea mew, Larus canus
Verb: mew  myoo
  1. Cry like a cat
    "the cat mewed";
    - meow
     
  2. Utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls

Sounds like: meters, met, me

Derived forms: mews, mewed, mewing

Type of: cry, emit, gull, let loose, let out, sea gull, seagull, utter

Part of: genus Larus, Larus

Encyclopedia: Mew, Peter