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mews (MYOOZ) (noun)
1. A common gull of European origin: The flock of mews circled over the fishing boats hoping for a handout.
2. The sound made by a gull or a cat: Manfred could hear the mews of the kittens which were crying for their mother to nurse them.
3. Primarily British: Stables for animals in an enclosed space which are frequently converted into attractive housing: Sean was so lucky that he was able to find a home in the local mews which used to belong to the estate of the gentry.
4. A back alley or lane: Frankie walked down the narrow mews behind the houses to the mews where her horse was stabled.
2. The sound made by a gull or a cat: Manfred could hear the mews of the kittens which were crying for their mother to nurse them.
3. Primarily British: Stables for animals in an enclosed space which are frequently converted into attractive housing: Sean was so lucky that he was able to find a home in the local mews which used to belong to the estate of the gentry.
4. A back alley or lane: Frankie walked down the narrow mews behind the houses to the mews where her horse was stabled.
muse (MYOOZ) (verb)
To daydream or to reflect upon something: Latonya will muse upon the suggestion while she is having her morning coffee.
muse (MYOOZ) (noun)
1. A source of inspiration: Randy's mother was the muse for his interest in music.
2. One of several goddesses in Greek mythology responsible for arts and sciences: Did the Muse of Poetry play a lyre when she was singing?
2. One of several goddesses in Greek mythology responsible for arts and sciences: Did the Muse of Poetry play a lyre when she was singing?
When Fern was a poor and unknown author, she used to muse about the day when she could afford to live in the mews near the sea where she could hear the mews of the gulls flying over the harbor and the mews of the cats of St. Ives.
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1. Someone who causes another person to have ideas about creating a work of art; or who inspires an artist, writer, etc.: The writer lost his muse when his wife left him.
2. Someone or something that provides the enthusiasm and determination for an artist, poet, musician, etc. to create something artistic: When an artist pleonastically asked her husband if she should paint a still life or a portrait, or both of them on the same canvas; his response was, "Are you trying to amuse your muse with redundancy?"
2. Someone or something that provides the enthusiasm and determination for an artist, poet, musician, etc. to create something artistic: When an artist pleonastically asked her husband if she should paint a still life or a portrait, or both of them on the same canvas; his response was, "Are you trying to amuse your muse with redundancy?"
muse (verb), muses; mused, musing
1. To be absorbed in one's thoughts; to engage in meditation: Sharon was musing about what might have been if she had finished her education.
2. To consider or to say thoughtfully: Steve mused that it might take longer to drive than to walk through the park.
3. To think about something in a deep and serious, or dreamy, and abstracted way: Henry mused about the possibility of changing jobs.
4. To say something in a thoughtful or a questioning way: "I think we could sell our house," Lester mused, "but then where would we move to?"
5. To gaze at someone or something thoughtfully or abstractedly: Margaret was musing what her new-born son would grow up to be.
6. Etymology: from Old French muser, "to meditate", and perhaps literally "to go around with one's nose in the air", from muse, "muzzle, snout", from medieval Latin musum source of the English word muzzle.
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2. To consider or to say thoughtfully: Steve mused that it might take longer to drive than to walk through the park.
3. To think about something in a deep and serious, or dreamy, and abstracted way: Henry mused about the possibility of changing jobs.
4. To say something in a thoughtful or a questioning way: "I think we could sell our house," Lester mused, "but then where would we move to?"
5. To gaze at someone or something thoughtfully or abstractedly: Margaret was musing what her new-born son would grow up to be.
6. Etymology: from Old French muser, "to meditate", and perhaps literally "to go around with one's nose in the air", from muse, "muzzle, snout", from medieval Latin musum source of the English word muzzle.
Muse comes with the meanings of "ponder, meditate," and implies focused attention, but it suggests a less intellectual purpose.
It often implies "absorption" and a "languid turning over of a topic as if in a dream or in some kind of remembrance."
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“muse”
(Latin: musum, "muzzle, snout"; Old French muser "to meditate, to ponder", perhaps literally "to go around with one's nose in the air" from muse "muzzle, snout")
(Latin: from meditatus; a form of meditare, to muse, to ponder; to think over, to consider; to think, to reflect)
(Latin: to chew over again, to chew the cud; to muse or to meditate; that is, to think about something in a deep and serious or dreamy and abstracted way or to think about something carefully, calmly, seriously, and for a long time)