"mews" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mjuːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mews.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mews [plural], mewses [plural]
enPR: myo͞oz Rhymes: -uːz Etymology: From Mewes, the name of the royal stables at Charing Cross. Head templates: {{en-noun|mews|+}} mews (plural mews or mewses)
  1. (British) An alley where there are stables; a narrow passage; a confined place. Tags: British Categories (topical): Roads Translations (alley where there are stables; narrow passage; confined place): istállósor (Hungarian), eachlann [feminine] (Irish), stáblaí [masculine, plural] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-mews-en-noun-cDhwHTer Disambiguation of Roads: 62 10 12 16 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 28 4 34 Disambiguation of 'alley where there are stables; narrow passage; confined place': 91 9
  2. (falconry) A place where birds of prey are housed. Categories (topical): Falconry Translations (place where birds of prey are housed): cúb seabhac [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-mews-en-noun-6LEtbJxD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 28 4 34 Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle Disambiguation of 'place where birds of prey are housed': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mjuːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mews.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: myo͞oz Rhymes: -uːz Etymology: Plural noun, see mew. Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} mews
  1. plural of mew Tags: form-of, plural Form of: mew
    Sense id: en-mews-en-noun-cztC0ODY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /mjuːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mews.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: myo͞oz Rhymes: -uːz Etymology: See mew. Etymology templates: {{m|en|mew}} mew Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} mews
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mew Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: mew
    Sense id: en-mews-en-verb-HduKg8F8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 28 4 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 22 5 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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