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MEOW

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)

Synonyms:

meow; mew; miaou; miaow; miaul

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("meow" is a kind of...):

cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)

Derivation:

meow (cry like a cat)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cry like a cat

Example:

the cat meowed

Synonyms:

meow; mew

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "meow" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

meow (the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this))

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