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CLEW

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evidence that helps to solve a problem

Synonyms:

clew; clue; cue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("clew" is a kind of...):

evidence (an indication that makes something evident)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clew"):

mark; sign (a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A ball of yarn or cord or thread

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("clew" is a kind of...):

ball; chunk; clod; clump; glob; lump (a compact mass)

Derivation:

clew (roll into a ball)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Roll into a ball

Synonyms:

clew; clue

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "clew" is one way to...):

roll; twine; wind; wrap (arrange or or coil around)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

clew (a ball of yarn or cord or thread)

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