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| mew [ myoo ] |
noun (plural mews) |
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cage for hawks: a cage for keeping hawks in
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verb (past and past participle mewed, present participle mew·ing, 3rd person present singular mews) |
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1. transitive verb confine hawk or falcon: to confine a hawk or falcon, especially by tying it to a perch
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2. intransitive verb molt: to shed feathers
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| [14th century. < French mue< muer "to molt" < Latin mutare "to change"] |
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