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clew
clew 1 C0403900 (klo͞o)n.1. A ball of yarn or thread.2. Greek Mythology The ball of thread used by Theseus to find his way out of the labyrinth.3. clews The cords by which a hammock is suspended.4. also clue Nautical a. One of the two lower corners of a square sail.b. The lower aft corner of a fore-and-aft sail.tr.v. clewed, clew·ing, clews 1. To roll or coil into a ball.2. also clue Nautical To raise the lower corners of (a square sail) by means of clew lines. Used with up.
[Middle English clewe, from Old English cliwen.]
clew 2 C0403900 (klo͞o)n. & v. Chiefly British Variant of clue1.clew (kluː) n1. a ball of thread, yarn, or twine2. (Nautical Terms) nautical either of the lower corners of a square sail or the after lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail3. (Nautical Terms) (usually plural) the rigging of a hammock4. a rare variant of cluevb (tr) to coil or roll into a ball[Old English cliewen (vb); related to Old High German kliu ball]clew (klu)
n. 1. clue (def. 1). 2. either lower corner of a square sail or the after lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail. 3. a ball or skein of thread, yarn, etc. 4. Usu., clews. the rigging for a hammock. v.t. 5. to coil into a ball. 6. clue (def. 3). [before 900; Middle English clewe, Old English cleowen, cliewen=cliew- (c. Old High German kliu ball) + -en -en5] Clew a globe, ball, or spherical bunch; a tangled cluster of things; a ball of thread, etc.Examples: clew of bees, 1616; of cord; of thread; of yarn; of worms, 1669.clew
Past participle: clewed
Gerund: clewing
| Present |
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| I clew | | you clew | | he/she/it clews | | we clew | | you clew | | they clew |
| Preterite |
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| I clewed | | you clewed | | he/she/it clewed | | we clewed | | you clewed | | they clewed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am clewing | | you are clewing | | he/she/it is clewing | | we are clewing | | you are clewing | | they are clewing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have clewed | | you have clewed | | he/she/it has clewed | | we have clewed | | you have clewed | | they have clewed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was clewing | | you were clewing | | he/she/it was clewing | | we were clewing | | you were clewing | | they were clewing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had clewed | | you had clewed | | he/she/it had clewed | | we had clewed | | you had clewed | | they had clewed |
| Future |
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| I will clew | | you will clew | | he/she/it will clew | | we will clew | | you will clew | | they will clew |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have clewed | | you will have clewed | | he/she/it will have clewed | | we will have clewed | | you will have clewed | | they will have clewed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be clewing | | you will be clewing | | he/she/it will be clewing | | we will be clewing | | you will be clewing | | they will be clewing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been clewing | | you have been clewing | | he/she/it has been clewing | | we have been clewing | | you have been clewing | | they have been clewing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been clewing | | you will have been clewing | | he/she/it will have been clewing | | we will have been clewing | | you will have been clewing | | they will have been clewing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been clewing | | you had been clewing | | he/she/it had been clewing | | we had been clewing | | you had been clewing | | they had been clewing |
| Conditional |
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| I would clew | | you would clew | | he/she/it would clew | | we would clew | | you would clew | | they would clew |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have clewed | | you would have clewed | | he/she/it would have clewed | | we would have clewed | | you would have clewed | | they would have clewed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | clew - a ball of yarn or cord or threadchunk, clod, glob, lump, clump, ball - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" | | 2. | clew - evidence that helps to solve a problemclue, cueevidence - an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear"sign, mark - a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened); "he showed signs of strain"; "they welcomed the signs of spring" | | Verb | 1. | clew - roll into a ballcluetwine, wrap, wind, roll - arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" |
TranslationsCLEW
| Acronym | Definition |
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| CLEW➣Collaboration and Learning Environment (University of Windsor; Canada) | | CLEW➣Community Learning and Education Working Group (American Registry for Internet Numbers) | | CLEW➣Continuing Legal Education for Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin Law School; Madison, WI) | | CLEW➣Camp Lejeune Energy from Wood (US EPA) |
clew
Related to clew: blackboard, sisSynonyms for clewnoun a ball of yarn or cord or threadRelated Words- chunk
- clod
- glob
- lump
- clump
- ball
noun evidence that helps to solve a problemSynonymsRelated Wordsverb roll into a ballSynonymsRelated Words |