Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mew \Mew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mewed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Mewing}.] [OE. muen, F. muer, fr. L. mutare to change, fr.
   movere to move. See {Move}, and cf. {Mew} a cage, {Molt}.]
   To shed or cast; to change; to molt; as, the hawk mewed his
   feathers.

         Nine times the moon had mewed her horns. --Dryden.

Mew \Mew\, v. i.
   To cast the feathers; to molt; hence, to change; to put on a
   new appearance.

         Now everything doth mew, And shifts his rustic winter
         robe.                                    --Turbervile.

Mew \Mew\, n. [OE. mue, F. mue change of feathers, scales, skin,
   the time or place when the change occurs, fr. muer to molt,
   mew, L. mutare to change. See 2d {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.

            Full many a fat partrich had he in mewe. --Chaucer.

            Forthcoming from her darksome mew.    --Spenser.

            Violets in their secret mews.         --Wordsworth.

   2. 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.

Mew \Mew\, n. [AS. m?w, akin to D. meeuw, G. m["o]we, OHG. m?h,
   Icel. m[=a]r.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A gull, esp. the common British species ({Larus canus});
   called also {sea mew}, {maa}, {mar}, {mow}, and {cobb}.

Mew \Mew\, v. t. [From {Mew} a cage.]
   To shut up; to inclose; to confine, as in a cage or other
   inclosure.

         More pity that the eagle should be mewed. --Shak.

         Close mewed in their sedans, for fear of air. --Dryden.

Mew \Mew\, v. i. [Of imitative origin; cf. G. miauen.]
   To cry as a cat. [Written also {meaw}, {meow}.] --Shak.

Mew \Mew\, n.
   The common cry of a cat. --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

mew
     n 1: the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this) [syn:
           {meow}, {miaou}, {miaow}]
     2: the common gull of Eurasia and northeastern North America
        [syn: {mew gull}, {sea mew}, {Larus canus}]

mew
     v 1: cry like a cat; "the cat meowed" [syn: {meow}]
     2: utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls