1. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
   "The mew of the hungry cat woke her from her nap";
   - meow, miaou, miaow, miaul
    
2. The common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
   "Mew gulls circled above the fishing boats looking for scraps"; "sea mew gulls circled above the fishing boats looking for scraps";
   - mew gull, sea mew, Larus canus

1. Cry like a cat
   "the cat mewed";
   - meow
    
2. Utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls
   "The seagulls mewed as they circled the fishing boat"

Sounds like: meters, met, me

Derived forms: mewed, mewing, mews

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

Part of: genus Larus, Larus

Encyclopedia: Mew, John