mewverb
purrverb
One of my cats just miaowed in the background.
Steve was opening a tin of food for the cat, who was miaowing loudly.
She would purr, but not miaow.
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases 
 Animal (non-human) sounds 
baa
barky
bleat
buzzy
caterwauling
chatter
cheep
cockcrow
coo
honk
miaow
moo
purr
quack
roar
trill
trumpet
tu-whit tu-whoo
warble
whinny