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mewed up

mewed up is the simple past and past participle of mew up.

Meaning of mew up

Verb

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

  1. (archaic) to imprison
    • "We do not keep him mewed up, Betsey," replied Mrs. Barclay, “nor does he continue mewed up, for a single flash of temper[…]"1835, Catharine Maria Sedgwick, Home: A Story of New England Life

Questions about mewed up

What is mewed up the simple past and past participle of?
Mewed up is the simple past and past participle of mew up.

Words near mewed up in the dictionary

  1. Mewati
  2. Mewborn
  3. Mewborns
  4. MEWDS
  5. mewed
  6. mewed up
  7. mewer
  8. mewers
  9. mewing
  10. mewing up
  11. mewingly

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