mewed

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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