meow
meow · meows
дрон, трутень, безпілотник
мяу, мяукание
Miau, Miauen, Maunzen, Gemaunze
The cry of a catThe cry of a cat.
/miˈaʊ/
» All the cats were meowing loudly.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)The cry of a cat.
Miau, Miauen, Maunzen
мяу́каниеmjaúkanije, мя́уmjáu
the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
(UK, slang, uncountable)The drug mephedrone.
Examples
109 sentencesAll the cats were meowing loudly.
A cat was meowing under my window.
Tom heard a cat meowing in the tree.
deTom hörte eine Katze, die auf dem Baum miaute. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The cats seemed to be meowing all night.
A couple of cats were meowing outside my window.
Translations
8 languagesРусский
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cry of a cat:
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Origin
Alteration of earlier mew, from Middle English mewen, mouwen (“to mew, meow”), of onomatopAlteration of earlier mew, from Middle English mewen, mouwen (“to mew, meow”), of onomatopoeic origin.
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Forms
plural: meowsSynonyms
6 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable