to mew
1
7.9
- verb
- /mjuː/
:
maullar
- A little half-Siamese cat with blue eyes came mewing around her feet, and Arlene bent down to pet her.
- a kitten mews
- a cat mews
- to mew softly
Examples
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The little kitten started mewing softly as it searched for its mother.
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The only animals for sale seemed to be chicks and cats peeping and mewing in wire cages.
Fiction book (1992) -
He'll soon be mewing to come back in.
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"Sorry, old man, I've done it again," I can hear him mewing to himself.
Fiction book (1999) -
A kitten raised its head and mewed.
Fiction book (1996) -
The cat, who had hidden herself as soon as Giselle opened the front door, was mewing softly in the hall.
Fiction book (1999) -
The white cat mewed inquisitively, and he, feeling only a little foolish, motioned for her to keep still.
Fiction book (2000) -
Presenting itself on their kitchen windowsill, it mewed insistently for admission.
Fiction book (1997) -
One morning when I was watering my garden, something mewed faintly under the phlox.
Fiction book (1997) -
The feline gobbled its ration and looked up at Bob, mewing a sorrowful plea for more.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
82
1.4
To make a short high sound when things move or rub together
8
1.0
To make the short sound a cat makes
3
8.1
Make a short, high sound like a small dog
2
9.9
To cry in a small, weak voice like a kitten or baby
2
1.5
To make a short high sound like a baby bird
To make a soft sound like a cat's meow
To cry in a small, weak voice
To make a short high whistling sound like a small bird
Compounds
How High-Pitched
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mew is a word made from the sound it names — people copied the tiny cry of kittens and young birds as 'mew'. So, mew means to make that soft, high sound.