mews

Definition of Mews in English :

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Noun

1. mews

street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings

Example Sentences:
'she lives in a Chelsea mews'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mews

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noun (functioning as singular or plural) mainly British

1.

a yard or street lined by buildings originally used as stables but now often converted into dwellings

2.

the buildings around a mews

3. informal

an individual residence in a mews

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plural noun

Chiefly British

a.

stables or carriage houses, now often converted into dwellings, grouped around a court or along an alley

b.

such an alley

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n.

1. A cage for hawks, especially when molting.

2. A secret place; a hideaway.

3. mews (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

a. A group of buildings originally containing private stables, often converted into residential apartments.

b. A small street, alley, or courtyard on which such buildings stand.

v. mewed, mew·ing, mews

v.tr.

To confine in or as if in a cage.

v.intr.

To molt. Used of a hawk.

intr.v. mewed, mew·ing, mews

To make a high-pitched, crying sound, as that of a cat.

n.

A high-pitching crying sound, especially that of a cat.

n.

A migratory gull (Larus canus) that breeds in northern Eurasia and northwest North America.

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