mew1
v.
(of a cat or gull) make a characteristic high-pitched crying noise.
n.
a mewing noise.
Etymology
ME: imitative.
mew2
n.
a cage or building for trained hawks, especially while they are moulting.
v.
- (of a trained hawk) moult.
- confine (a moulting trained hawk) to a mew.
-
(often mew someone up)
confine in a restricting place or situation.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. mue, from muer ‘to moult’, from L. mutare ‘to change’.