meow
Of a cat, to make its cryOf a cat, to make its cry.
» All the cats were meowing loudly.
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1 sensesOf a cat, to make its cry.
miauen, maunzen, mauzen
мяу́катьmjaúkatʹ, мяу́кнутьmjaúknutʹ
нявnjav, ня́вкатиnjávkaty, ня́вкнутиnjávknuty
cry like a cat
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
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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
meows, meowing, meowed, meowedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.