Definitions
A soft, high-pitched cry, especially from a cat.
Word origin
From Middle English mewe, mowe, meau, from Old English mǣw (“seagull”), from Proto-West Germanic *maiwī, from Proto-Germanic *mai(h)waz (“seagull”). See also West Frisian meau, miuw, Dutch meeuw, German Möwe (whence Polish mewa); akin to Latvian maût (“to roar”), Old Church Slavonic мꙑꙗти (myjati, “to mew”).
Used in a sentence
“A daungerous and detestable place, To which nor fish nor fowle did once approch, But yelling Meawes, with Seagulles hoarse and bace […]”
“From helm to sea they saw him leap, As arrow from the string, And dive into the water deep, As mew upon the wing.”
“Ne toung did tell, ne hand these handled not, / But safe I haue them kept in secret mew, / From heauens sight, and powre of all which them pursew.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Tiny cat cry”3 letters
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