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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Chandler Investments Limited claimed the embassy left a rented Wellington mews house without covering cleaning and other costs.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2023

A hawk and a falcon in the mews where Erik Swanson keeps some of his five hawks and 12 falcons.

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

I circled the castle mews and followed the hedgerows past the fields and beyond the village.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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