Clue

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  • noun. undefined
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • noun. Something that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem or mystery.
  • transitive verb. To give (someone) guiding information.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A ball or skein of thread or yarn.
  • noun. The thread or yarn that is wound into the form of a ball; thread in general.
  • noun. Hence Anything that guides or directs one in an intricate case; a guide or key to the solution of a puzzle or problem, or the unraveling of a plot or mystery: in allusion to the mythological story that Theseus was guided by a clue of thread through the Cretan labyrinth.
  • noun. A measure of yarn or hemp, 4,800 yards.
  • noun. Nautical, a lower corner of a square sail or the aftmost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
  • Nautical, to haul up to the yard (the lower corners of a topsail, topgallantsail, or royal) by means of the clue-lines: used with up.
  • To direct, as by a clue or thread.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as clew.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
  • noun. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
  • noun. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
  • verb. To provide with a clue (often used with "in" or "up").
  • verb. To provide someone with information which he or she lacks.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a slight indication
  • noun. evidence that helps to solve a problem
  • verb. roll into a ball
  • Word Usage
    ""My hunch would be that the clue is the idea of a regulation," said the scholar."
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    indicant  indication  roll  twine  wind  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku  Blue  Cebu  Chengdu  Chou  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    clew  
    verb-form
    clued  clueing  clues  cluing