pue
See also: PUE, pué, pu'e, and pü
English
Alternative forms
- pew
Verb
pue (third-person singular simple present pues, present participle puing, simple past and past participle pued)
- (dated, intransitive) To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- The birds likewise with chirps and puing could / Cackling and chattering that of Jove beseech.
Related terms
- peevish
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Asturian
Verb
pue
- third-person singular present indicative of poder
Finnish
Verb
pue
- Indicative present connegative form of pukea.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of pukea.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of pukea.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /py/
- Homophones: pu, pues, puent, pus, put, pût
Verb
pue
- first-person singular present indicative of puer
- third-person singular present indicative of puer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of puer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of puer
- second-person singular imperative of puer
Anagrams
- peu
Warembori
Noun
pue
- pig
- E pue pa kambi.
- I hunt big pigs.
References
- Donohue, Mark. Warembori grammar sketch. Sydney: Univ. iii+70pp. (1999).