mews
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mews¹
- /mjuːz/
Sounds like muse · Rhymes with -uːz
Where it comes from
From Mewes, the name of the royal stables at Charing Cross, which is the plural of mew (“falcon cage”).
noun mews · mewses
- An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place. What penned them there, with all the plain to choose? No foot-print leading to that horrid mews, None out of it.
- A place where birds of prey are housed.
mews²
- /mjuːz/
Sounds like muse · Rhymes with -uːz
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
noun
- plural of mew
mews³
- /mjuːz/
Sounds like muse · Rhymes with -uːz
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of mew
