mews

mew ¹  (my)

n.

1. A cage for hawks, especially when molting.

2. A secret place; a hideaway.

3. mews (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

a. A group of buildings originally containing private stables, often converted into residential apartments.

b. A small street, alley, or courtyard on which such buildings stand.

v. mewed, mew·ing, mews

v.tr.

To confine in or as if in a cage.

v.intr.

To molt. Used of a hawk.

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[Middle English meue, from Old French mue, from muer, to molt, from Latin mtre, to change; see mei-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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mew ²  (my)

intr.v. mewed, mew·ing, mews

To make the high-pitched, crying sound of a cat; meow.

n.

The crying sound of a cat; a meow.

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[Middle English meuen, of imitative origin.]

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mew ³  (my)

n.

A seagull (Larus canus) of northern Eurasia and northwest North America.

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[Middle English meue, from Old English mw, mu.]

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mews [mjuːz]

n (functioning as singular or plural) Chiefly Brit

1. (Social Science / Human Geography) a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings

2. the buildings around a mews

3. Informal an individual residence in a mews

[pl of mew³, originally referring to royal stables built on the site of hawks' mews at Charing Cross in London]

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Mews stable for horses, 1394; collection of hawks moulting, or hens and capons fattening. [From the cage for hawks when mewing or moulting, 1386.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

mews - street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings; "she lives in a Chelsea mews" street - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

Translations

mews [mjuːz] (Brit)

A. NSING → callejuela f

B. CPD mews cottage N casa acondicionada en antiguos establos o cocheras

mews

n sing or pl (= houses) Siedlung ehemaliger zu modischen Wohnungen umgebauter Kutscherhäuschen (= street) → Gasse f; (old, = stables) → Stall m, → Stallungen pl; a mews cottage → ein ehemaliges Kutscherhäuschen