Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to meow
Participle: meowed
Gerund: meowing
Indicative
Present
| I | meow |
| you | meow |
| he;she;it | meows |
| we | meow |
| you | meow |
| they | meow |
Perfect
| I | have meowed |
| you | have meowed |
| he;she;it | has meowed |
| we | have meowed |
| you | have meowed |
| they | have meowed |
Past
| I | meowed |
| you | meowed |
| he;she;it | meowed |
| we | meowed |
| you | meowed |
| they | meowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had meowed |
| you | had meowed |
| he;she;it | had meowed |
| we | had meowed |
| you | had meowed |
| they | had meowed |
Future
| I | will meow |
| you | will meow |
| he;she;it | will meow |
| we | will meow |
| you | will meow |
| they | will meow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have meowed |
| you | will have meowed |
| he;she;it | will have meowed |
| we | will have meowed |
| you | will have meowed |
| they | will have meowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | meow |
| you | meow |
| he;she;it | meow |
| we | meow |
| you | meow |
| they | meow |
Perfect
| I | have meowed |
| you | have meowed |
| he;she;it | have meowed |
| we | have meowed |
| you | have meowed |
| they | have meowed |
Imperfect
| I | meowed |
| you | meowed |
| he;she;it | meowed |
| we | meowed |
| you | meowed |
| they | meowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had meowed |
| you | had meowed |
| he;she;it | had meowed |
| we | had meowed |
| you | had meowed |
| they | had meowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would meow |
| you | would meow |
| he;she;it | would meow |
| we | would meow |
| you | would meow |
| they | would meow |
Perfect
| I | would have meowed |
| you | would have meowed |
| he;she;it | would have meowed |
| we | would have meowed |
| you | would have meowed |
| they | would have meowed |
Imperative
| you | meow |
| we | Let's meow |
| you | meow |
Verbs conjugated like 'meow'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'meow'
meaw,
meou,
meowl,
mew,
mow,
avow,
bemow,
betow,
blow,
bow,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Alteration of earlier mew, from Middle English mewen, mouwen (“to mew, meow”), of onomatopoeic origin.
2. Compare Saterland Frisian mauje, miauje (“to meow”), West Frisian miaukje (“to meow”), Dutch miauwen (“to meow”), Middle Low German mauwen, mawen, mouwen (“to meow”) (whence modern German Low German mauen, miauen (“to meow”)), Middle High German mouen, modern German miauen (“to meow”). Some spellings were modelled on French miaou.
3. Meow and its spelling variants entered widespread currency in the 19th century, mostly replacing mew, possibly because phonetic change meant that word had ceased to approximate a cat's cry (contrast the pronunciation of Middle English mewen /ˈmɛu̯ən/ compared to modern /ˈmjuː/).
4. (mephedrone): Perhaps because of the drug's distinctive smell resembling cat urine. See: Middle English '
mewen', Frisian, Saterlandic 'mauje', Dutch '
miauwen', Middle High German '
mouen', German, old spelling '
miauen'.
Verbs referencing "meow"
German, old spelling
mauen.
Sample Sentences
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“The last thing they had seen in 2012 before that break was a short from Simon’s Cat called ‘Cat Man Do,’” said Lamothe. “When you leave 800 people in the dark, they will do something. That’s what Fantasia is. But because they had just seen that cat go meow, they meowed.” [2024 January 8, Alison Foreman, “Why Do Audiences at Fantasia Fest … Meow?”, in IndieWire:]
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The cat meows at me and bird-watches by the window facing the street. Sometimes I bird-watch with him because the older I get, the more interested I get in birds lol. [2024 May 8, R29 Team, “A Week In Boston On An $81,000 Salary”, in Refinery29:]