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mewing up

mewing up is the present participle and gerund 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 mewing up

What is mewing up the present participle and gerund of?
Mewing up is the present participle and gerund of mew up.

Words near mewing up in the dictionary

  1. mewed
  2. mewed up
  3. mewer
  4. mewers
  5. mewing
  6. mewing up
  7. mewingly
  8. mewings
  9. Mewis
  10. mewl
  11. mewled

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