CLEW

 Dictionary entry overview: What does clew mean? 

• CLEW (noun)
  The noun CLEW has 2 senses:

1. a ball of yarn or cord or thread
2. evidence that helps to solve a problem

  Familiarity information: CLEW used as a noun is rare.

• CLEW (verb)
  The verb CLEW has 1 sense:

1. roll into a ball

  Familiarity information: CLEW used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLEW (noun)

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)

Meaning:

Evidence that helps to solve a problem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

clew; clue; cue

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))

• CLEW (verb)

Meaning:

Roll into a ball

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

clew; clue

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

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

Sentence frames:

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