The cat continued to mew.
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Mew
//mjuː//
Synonyms for "mew" (162 found)
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22 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- чайка буревестница noun (gull or seagull)
Danish
1 entries- måge noun (gull or seagull)
Esperanto
1 entries- mevo noun (gull or seagull)
Faroese
2 entries- mási noun (gull or seagull)
- mávur noun (gull or seagull)
French
2 entries- goéland noun (gull or seagull)
- mouette noun (gull or seagull)
Georgian
1 entries- თოლია noun (gull or seagull)
German
1 entries- Möwe noun (gull or seagull)
Japanese
1 entries- 鴎 noun (gull or seagull)
Korean
1 entries- 갈매기 noun (gull or seagull)
Latvian
1 entries- kaija noun (gull or seagull)
Old English
1 entries- mǣw noun (gull or seagull)
Polish
1 entries- mewa noun (gull or seagull)
Portuguese
1 entries- gaivota noun (gull or seagull)
Russian
1 entries- ча́йка noun (gull or seagull)
Scots
1 entries- maw noun (gull or seagull)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- faoileann noun (gull or seagull)
Slovak
1 entries- čajka noun (gull or seagull)
Swedish
1 entries- mås noun (gull or seagull)
Turkish
1 entries- martı noun (gull or seagull)
Volapük
1 entries- mev noun (gull or seagull)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The osprey and the sea mew, fly down to catch fish, but the Heron catches them while standing on the banks. The bittern puts its bill into the water and bellows like an ox. The water wagtail wags its tail.
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The cats next door mew a lot.
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Cats meow. Kittens mew.
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