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mew'd

mew'd is the simple past and past participle of mew.

Meaning of mew

Verb (1)

mew (third-person singular simple present mews, present participle mewing, simple past and past participle mewed)

  1. (archaic) To shut away, confine, lock up.
    • More pity that the eagle should be mew’d,
      While kites and buzzards prey at liberty.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. To moult.
    • The hawk mewed his feathers.
  3. (obsolete) To cause to moult.
  4. (obsolete) To shed antlers.

Verb (2)

mew (third-person singular simple present mews, present participle mewing, simple past and past participle mewed)

  1. (especially) To meow.
  2. To make its cry.

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Questions about mew'd

What is mew'd the simple past and past participle of?
Mew'd is the simple past and past participle of mew.

Words near mew'd in the dictionary

  1. mevushal
  2. mew
  3. mew gull
  4. mew gulls
  5. mew up
  6. mew'd
  7. Mewad
  8. Mewang
  9. Mewar
  10. Mewari
  11. Mewat

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