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# miaow

«miaow» in Mova's school dictionary: **the sound a cat makes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (miaow, miaows, miaowed, miaowing); noun (a miaow); interjection (miaow!)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A miaow is the sound a cat makes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miaow/#m1)

2) To miaow is to make that sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miaow/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in stories, poems and everyday talk about pets; in English lessons, it is an example of onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like its meaning).

### examples

- The kitten gave a little miaow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miaow/#x1)
- «Miaow!» said the cat at the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miaow/#x2)
- Our cat miaows when she is hungry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miaow/#x3)
- The cat miaowed all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miaow/#x4)
- «Miaow» is an onomatopoeia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miaow/#x5)
- I heard a sad miaow from the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miaow/#x6)

### note

UK spelling «miaow»; also «meow» (US and common everywhere) and «mew». Past: miaowed.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «miaow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/miaow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.