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Definition: Clew |
ClewNoun1. A ball of yarn or cord or thread. 2. Evidence that helps to solve a problem. Verb1. Roll into a ball. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "clew" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1386. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Sports & Leisure | The aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft-rigged sail. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: ClewSynonyms: cue (n), clue (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discovery | Solve, resolve, elucidate; unriddle, unravel, unlock, crack, crack open; pick up, open the lock; find a clue, find clew a to, find the key to the riddle; interpret; disclose. |
Indication | Gesture, gesticulation; pantomime; wink, glance, leer; nod, shrug, beck; touch, nudge; dactylology, dactylonomy; freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show; cue; hint; clue, clew, key, scent. |
Inquiry | Seek a clue, seek a clew; hunt, track, trail, mouse, dodge, trace; follow the trail, follow the scent; pursue; beat up one's quarters; fish for; feel for; (experiment). |
Interpretation | Translation; rendering, rendition; redition; literal translation, free translation; key; secret; clew; (indication); clavis, crib, pony, trot. |
Rotundity | Sphere, globe, ball, boulder, bowlder; spheroid, ellipsoid; oblong spheroid; oblate spheroid, prolate spheroid; drop, spherule, globule, vesicle, bulb, bullet, pellet, pelote, clew, pill, marble, pea, knob, pommel, horn; knot (convolution). |
Uncertainty | Lose the clue, lose the clew, scent; miss one's way. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Clew |
| English words defined with "clew": Chesstree, Clew line, Clewing, Clew-line block ♦ Holocryptic cipher ♦ Quarter block ♦ Running rigging ♦ To clew down, To clew up, To sheet home. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Courtin' of Caliope Clew (1916) | |
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| "Clew" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 72.73% of the time. "Clew" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 72.73% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 18.18% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "clew": clew garnet ♦ Clew line ♦ clew outhaul ♦ clew up ♦ To clew down ♦ To clew up. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "clew": clew-line, Clew-line block. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
clew | 23 |
clew justice.hdcdojnet.state.ca.us | 4 |
clew justice.doj.ca.gov | 4 |
clew bay | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "clew"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | skaj i poshtëm i velës, lëmsh (ball, clot, jam, jumbal, jumble, mass, mix, mix up, pell mell, pellet, puff, ruck, tangle, welter, winding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спускам платно на кораб, кълбо прежда, възел на ъгъла на платно, вдигам платно на кораб, нишка (clue, fiber, fibre, ply, strand, thread, train), привършвам работа. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | point d'écoute. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Knäul, Garnknäul. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ένδειξη (clue, denotation, index, indication, token), νήμα (clue, crewel, filament, strand, thread, yarn), οδηγόσ (conductor, driver, guide, guidebook). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gombolyag (ball, clue, hank, skein), vitorla alsó sarka, vitorla alsó csúcsa, vitorla alsó csücske, vezérfonal (clue, epitome, guide, guideline, guide-lines, syllabi, syllabus), nyomravezető jel (clue), nyitja vminek (clue, key to sg), kulcsa vminek (clue, key to sg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | bugna (clue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | crinkyl (cringle, loop in edge of sail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ewclay carregar as velas, vestígio (clue, shadow, shew, show, sign, smack, streak, touch, trace, track, vestige, vestigium), rastro (step, trace, track, trail), pista (clue, lane, langsyne, runway, spoor, trace, track, trail), novelo (ball, hank), enovelar (hank), dica (clue, tip). (various references) urmã (atom, clue, footmark, footprint, furrow, impress, impression, imprint, indent, jot, Mark, patent office, print, pug, rear, rearward, relic, remnant, rut, scent, seal, shadow, sign, slot, spoor, stamp, step, trace, track, trail, vestige, wake), mototol (ball, slack, sleepy, sluggish), ghem (ball, manyplies, mop), fir conducãtor. (various references) клубок (ball), брать на гитовы. (various references) ceirtle (a clew), ceirsle (ball of worsted, clew of yarn). (various references) smotati u klupče, klupče (hasp), ključ rešenja zagonetke. (various references) poner a uno al tanto, pista (arena, circuit, clue, floor, green, lead, line, path, racecourse, racetrack, ring, rink, runway, scent, slope, spoor, tarmac, track, trail), informar a uno, indicio (clue, hint, index, indication, inkling, Mark, symptom, token, trace). (various references) nystan (ball, skein), nysta (wind). (various references) yumak (ball, clue, coil, pellet, skein), topak (chunk, clue, cob, dollop, glob, hunch, knurl, lump, nub, pellet, pulp), iz (birthmark, chip, clue, dint, evidence, footprint, ghost, hint, ichno-, impress, impression, inkling, odor, odour, print, scar, shades, shadow, sign, smack, stamp, stigma, streak, suggestion, suspicion, taint, tincture, tinge, touch, trace, track, trail, vestige, weal, wheal), ipucu (clue, hint, inkling, trace, wrinkle), işaret (augury, badge, character, chop, clue, cue, device, distinguishing mark, earmark, ensign, foretoken, gesture, glimpse, graph, harbinger, hint, index, indication, indicator, landmark, logo, logotype, marker, note, pip, prognostic, prognostication, representation, sign, signal, signature, symbol, symptom, token, touch, trace), hamak ipi (clue), şipka (clue), anahtar (cipher, clef, clue, cotter, key, spanner, switch, wrench). (various references) розкрити та"мницю, ключ (caravan, clef, fountain, key, passkey, secret), клубок ниток, нижній кут вітрила, змотувати в клубок, провідна нитка (clue). (various references) cuộn chỉ đầu mối. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "clew": clewed, clewing, clews. (additional references) | |
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"Clew" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cel, cew, cewl, ciew, clawd, clawn, clawy, cle, clea, clec, Cled, cleel, clei, clen, cleo, clep, cler, cles, clet, clev, clewn, cley, clez, cli, cliw, clow, clowd, cluwe, clye, coew, cxe, kelw, Klaw, kle, Mcglew. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-w" | |
-1 letter: cel. | |
-2 letters: el, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-w" | |
+1 letter: clews, welch. | |
+2 letters: clawed, clawer, clewed, cowled, crewel, curlew, declaw, lechwe. | |
+3 letters: beclown, becrawl, clawers, clewing, clowder, clowned, cowbell, cowedly, crawled, crawler, crewels, curlews, declaws, dewclaw, lechwes, scowled, scowler, wedlock, welched, welcher, welches, welcome. | |
+4 letters: beclowns, becrawls, cableway, cakewalk, callower, chewable, clawless, clawlike, clayware, clerihew, clowders, clownery, cogwheel, coleslaw, colewort, cowbells, crawlers, crawlier, crewless, declawed, dewclaws, eschewal, lacewing, lacewood, lacework, locoweed, scowlers, scrawled, scrawler, wedlocks, welchers, welching, welcomed, welcomer, welcomes, wellcurb, wickedly, wreckful. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 65 77 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. . .--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01100101 01110111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l e w |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 0065 0077 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37787189 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Scottish | foclair, abardair, faclair, briathrachan | skocez, шотландски, écossais, schottisch, σκωτσέζικο, σκωτικόσ, skót, scozzese, Albinagh, escocês, scoţian, шотландский, škotski jezik, škotski, škotlanđani, escocés, skotsk, iskoçyalı, шотланський, шотландський діалект, шотландці |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamien, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, beurla, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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