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meowed

meowed is the simple past and past participle of meow.

Meaning of meow

Verb

meow (third-person singular simple present meows, present participle meowing, simple past and past participle meowed)

  1. (intransitive) Of a cat, to make its cry.
    • “The last thing they had seen in 2012 before that break was a short from Simon’s Cat called ‘Cat Man Do,’” said Lamothe. “When you leave 800 people in the dark, they will do something. That’s what Fantasia is. But because they had just seen that cat go meow, they meowed.”2024 January 8, Alison Foreman, “Why Do Audiences at Fantasia Fest … Meow?”, in IndieWire
    Synonyms:
    mew, miaow

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Words that rhyme with meowed

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Questions about meowed

What is meowed the simple past and past participle of?
Meowed is the simple past and past participle of meow.

Words near meowed in the dictionary

  1. meow
  2. meow button
  3. meow buttons
  4. meow meow
  5. meowdy
  6. meowed
  7. meower
  8. meowers
  9. Meowese
  10. meowier
  11. meowiest

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