dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/mew_MW.json

{
  "mewl":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cry weakly : whimper":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the tiny kitten mewled for its mother",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That\u2019s the music I was raised on: Morrissey\u2019s mewling over beautiful, peppy Johnny Marr guitar parts. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2018",
      "Somewhere in the dark of the room, a kitten mewled . \u2014 James Queally And Anh Do, latimes.com , 9 Oct. 2017",
      "The cats, which spent the first day mewling , have mellowed out. \u2014 Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1600, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "imitative":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8my\u00fcl"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bleat",
      "pule",
      "whimper"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-044546",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "mew":{
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to utter a mew or similar sound":[
        "gulls mewed over the bay"
      ],
      ": to utter by mewing : meow":[],
      ": meow":[],
      ": an enclosure for trained hawks":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": a place for hiding or retirement":[],
      ": stables usually with living quarters built around a court":[],
      ": living quarters adapted from such stables":[],
      ": back street : alley":[],
      ": to shut up : confine":[
        "\u2014 often used with up"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8my\u00fc"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English m\u01e3w ; akin to Old Norse m\u0101r gull":"Noun",
      "Middle English mewen , of imitative origin":"Verb",
      "Middle English mewe , from Anglo-French mue, muwe , from muer to change, molt, from Latin mutare to change \u2014 more at mutable":"Noun"
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "1596, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221954"
  },
  "meward":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": toward me":[
        "for her hands have no kindness meward",
        "\u2014 Ezra Pound"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8m\u0113w\u0259(r)d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "me + -ward":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-052518"
  },
  "Mewari":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the Rajasthani dialect of Mewar":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "m\u0101\u02c8w\u00e4r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-095835"
  },
  "mewer":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that mews":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8my\u00fc\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-094136"
  },
  "Mewar":{
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "former state of northwestern India, now part of Rajasthan state":[],
      "city in northwestern India population 474,500":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "u\u0307-\u02c8d\u012b-\u02ccpu\u0307r"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-102534"
  },
  "mewler":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": one that mewls":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-l\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-172654"
  },
  "mewls":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to cry weakly : whimper":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8my\u00fcl"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "bleat",
      "pule",
      "whimper"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "the tiny kitten mewled for its mother",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "That\u2019s the music I was raised on: Morrissey\u2019s mewling over beautiful, peppy Johnny Marr guitar parts. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 16 Mar. 2018",
      "Somewhere in the dark of the room, a kitten mewled . \u2014 James Queally And Anh Do, latimes.com , 9 Oct. 2017",
      "The cats, which spent the first day mewling , have mellowed out. \u2014 Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor , 10 Sep. 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "imitative":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1600, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-174352"
  }
}