Definition of "mew" []

• A cage for hawks, especially when molting. (noun)
• A secret place; a hideaway. (noun)
• A group of buildings originally containing private stables, often converted into residential apartments. (noun)
• A small street, alley, or courtyard on which such buildings stand. (noun)
• To confine in or as if in a cage. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "September 26th, 2005 at 1: 39 am boo hoo baby its not our fault you are useless im in mew nealand and it works for me anyone can build a computer its a lot easier than configering your windows system one would think took me all of 30 sec"
• "The seagull is also known as the mew, likewise an imitative name."
• "The critic Christopher Ricks has pointed out that "mew" rather than the more correct "mews" is in fact an archaic word for "cage.""