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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"Now, doesn't that look normal?" she mews to the studio audience as the camera zooms in on her creation.

From Salon • May 16, 2023

What I did not expect was Strout’s disarming warble of a laugh, which filled the Friedrich Agency’s book-lined mews house on the Upper West Side and triggered a dimple on her right cheek.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2022

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

It’s up a small mews and sprawls so casually across two floors that it still feels like the 60s inside.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

We know every avenue, road, street, terrace, mews, place, close, lane.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt

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