mewing
present participle ofmew
mew
verb[I]
uk/mjuː/us/mjuː/When acatmews, it makes asoftcryingsound.
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bleat
- buzzy
- caterwauling
- chatter
- cockcrow
- coo
- cry
- hee-haw
- honk
- howling
- miaow
- moo
- peep
- purr
- quack
- squeak
- trill
- trumpet
- warble
Examplesofmewing
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Studies on the function of rattling calls andmewingnotes would be important since the calling rate differed according to the association with macaques.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Calls include softmewingnotes, and a pulsing, purring trill when agitated.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other descriptions include a soft squeal or whistle and a shrill gull-likemewing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Their voice consists of mostlymewingand squealing notes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is usually silent except formewingand wailing notes while on the breeding grounds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They can be quite noisy, making various loud cheeping,mewingand grating calls.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The drake's distinctive call, amewing"weee-ooooo", is given during courtship.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Calves will emit snorts, bleats, mooing andmewingsounds.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is a noisy bird with beautiful loud whistling andmewingcalls given most often prior to dawn and before dusk.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Males are also aggressive toward one another; their fighting techniques involve jumping, avoidance, and a characteristicmewingcry.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Inside the mansion, the police officers notice that the cat seems to bemewingin agony inside a wall.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When mobbing they have been observed to imitate the alarm calls of squirrels or themewingof a cat and is known to join to mixed-species foraging flocks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Its call is amewingchatter.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Like other big cats, they do not appear able to purr, but they otherwise have a wide range of vocalisations, includingmewing, hissing, growling, moaning, and snorting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Kruelle spends this conversationmewingin confusion.
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- dip (sth) in/dip (sth) into sth
- dip-sth-in-dip-sth-into-sth
- dipstick
- dip switch
- dip-switch
- dipsy-doodle
- dipsy-doodle
- dipterocarp
- diptych
- dire
- dire circumstances
- dire consequences
- direct
- direct access
- direct-access
- direct accountability
- direct action
- direct-action
- direct address
- direct advertising
- direct-advertising
- direct aid
- direct-aid
- direct ancestor
- direct answer