Mew
Same as: mownoun
- 1.
- (the characteristic cry of a cat) ទ្រុងសត្វ, សត្វអំពែ
verb — past tense: mewed ; past participle: mewed ; present participle: mewing ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to make this sound) ស្រែកដូចឆ្មារ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural.
- 2.
- A stable or range of stables for horses; -- compound used in the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on the site of the king's mews for hawks.
- 3.
- A gull, esp. the common British species (Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
- 4.
- The common cry of a cat.
verb — past tense: mewed ; past participle: mewed ; present participle: mewing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To cry as a cat.