1. made the crying sound of a cat
2. confined or shut up in a cage or enclosure
Usage: often used with ‘up’

Examples

• The kitten mewed softly for its mother.
• The cat mewed at the door to be let in.
• The hawks were mewed up during molting season.
• She felt mewed up in the small apartment.
• The baby bird mewed pitifully in its nest.
• The falcons were mewed in the castle’s tower.