Definitions

mews

VERB

enclose

Synonyms

STRONG

blockade bound cage circle circumscribe confine coop corral cover encase encircle encompass enfold enshroud environ fence hedge imbue immure implant impound imprison include induct insert intern jail limit pen restrict veil wall wrap

WEAK

block off box up close in fence off hem in lock in lock up mure set apart shut in shut up wall in

Antonyms

STRONG

exclude face free let go liberate meet reject release reveal set free take out uncover unwrap

Example Sentences

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The raptors live in spacious mews that take up much of the small property’s side yard; the pool was filled in to make room.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

They called for ketchup like my lungs call for air, like a cat mews for milk, like my Absolute Best Tests narration calls for human company and/or psychiatric intervention.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2021

Yet as he lay horizontally watching the show in his red bunk bed, those same yips and mews and zings never got old.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2021

The first store opened in 1995, in a mews close to the Lanesborough Hotel in London.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2017

That evening Jon opened the mews door and stepped in.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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