mew (up)

verb

Definition of mew (up)next
as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers bored with being mewed up in a stuffy house all day

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  1. house
  2. include
  3. confine
  4. encase
Verb
  • The public safety building will house both Lake Travis Fire Rescue, also known as ESD No. 6, and the Bee Cave Police Department, which is currently housed in the old City Hall.
    Rachel Royster, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The new 12,345-square-foot brewpub, co-owned by Dennis Kramer-Wine and Alexandra Nowell, will house a restaurant on the main floor.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of house
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  • Meanwhile, the Wisconsin state Senate saw Democrats win a trio of close races to narrow the Republican majority; that included one particularly high-cost battle for District 8.
    JR Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Disney+’s Australian originals include Last Days of the Space Age, which debuted last month, and Season 2 of Shipwreck Hunters Australia, which is currently filming in Perth.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of include
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  • The virus was initially confined to the Amazon Basin.
    Maria Isabel Barros Guinle, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
  • For the most part, Israel’s response to Hamas’s devastating October 7 attack was confined to the Gaza Strip.
    Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of confine
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  • He’s got to give a bio-musical performance, which means broadcasting, in quick succession, a series of emotional peaks and valleys, via what can feel like a grab bag of historical trivia, all encased in restrictive mythos.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
  • There, Ken waits for the guys to figure out the cord situation, while still encased in his blanket.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of encase
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“Mew (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mew%20%28up%29. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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