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Definition of mew : 1. A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; - in the latter sense usually in the plural.
2. A gull, esp. the common British species ( Larus canus); called also sea mew, maa, mar, mow, and cobb.
3. A stable or range of stables for horses; - compound used in the plural, and so called from the royal stables in London, built on the site of the king's mews for hawks.
4. The common cry of a cat.
5. To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a new appearance.
6. To cry as a cat.
7. To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his feathers.
8. To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other inclosure.

Synonyms:

miaow, shut in, miaul, sea mew, enclose, mew gull, shut up, miaou, pen, free, immure, Larus Canus

crow, chatter, cackle, snort, caw, growl, bleat, gobble, moo, purr, meow, squawk, cry, whinny, cuckoo, grunt, bellow, bay, chirp, roar, snarl, cluck, neigh, warble, honk, yelp, squeal, trill, twit, call, hoot, ululate, quack, howl, bawl, bray, coo, bark

ululation

Usage examples:

• " You can find rocks all round us," he said, " on which you could have pitched the killick, and they all go straight down like the side of house or like that there Mew Rock where the birds are." - "Menhardoc", George Manville Fenn.
• At last she grew warm with the work and thirsty, so she stood still, lifted up her head and cried, Mew. - "Household Tales by Brothers Grimm", Grimm Brothers.
• The officers entered the inner apartment for a last conference with the bed- ridden captain of the Sea- mew. - "The Frozen Deep", Wilkie Collins.