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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Something that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem or mystery.
  2. v. To give (someone) guiding information: Clue me in on what's happening.
  3. n. Variant of clew1.
  4. v. Variant of clew1.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A ball or skein of thread or yarn.
  2. n. The thread or yarn that is wound into the form of ball; thread in general.
  3. n. 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.
  4. n. A measure of yarn or hemp, 4,800 yards.
  5. n. Nautical, a lower corner of a square sail or the aftmost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
  6. 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.
  7. To direct, as by a clue or thread.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
  2. n. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
  3. n. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
  4. v. To provide with a clue (often used with "in" or "up").
  5. v. To provide someone with information which he or she lacks.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as clew.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a slight indication
  2. n. evidence that helps to solve a problem
  3. v. roll into a ball

Etymologies

  1. Variant of clew, "a ball of thread or yarn", with reference to the one which the mythical Theseus used to guide him out of the Minotaur's labyrinth. (Wiktionary)
  2. Variant of clew1 (from Theseus's use of a ball of thread as a guide through the Cretan labyrinth). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (4)

Words with the same meaning

  1. indication
  1. suggestion
  1. hint
  1. signature

hypernyms (6)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. indicant
  1. indication
  1. wind
  1. wrap
  1. roll
  1. twine

same context (23)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. indication
  2. insight
  3. explanation
  4. resemblance
  1. cue
  2. contribution
  3. objection
  4. evidence
  1. stimulus
  2. witness
  3. significance
  4. manifestation
  1. hint
  2. reference
  3. challenge
  4. indicator
  1. criterion
  2. perception
  3. answer
  4. analogy
  1. obstacle
  2. allusion
  3. reminder

rhymes (205)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Baku
  2. Blue
  3. Cebu
  4. Chengdu
  5. Chou
  6. Chu
  7. Crewe
  8. Drew
  9. Ewe
  10. Few
  11. Fu
  12. Hu
  13. Hue
  14. Hugh
  15. Jammu
  16. Jew
  17. Kalamazoo
  18. Kew
  19. Koo
  20. Kwangju
  21. Lemieux
  22. Lou
  23. Lu
  24. M2
  25. Mew
  26. Mu
  27. New
  28. Nu
  29. Peru
  30. Pooh
  31. Pru
  32. Prue
  33. Pu
  34. Q
  35. Que
  36. Ru
  37. Sioux
  38. Stew
  39. Stu
  40. Su
  41. Sue
  1. Timbuktu
  2. Tsu
  3. Tu
  4. Tue
  5. U
  6. Urdu
  7. Wenzhou
  8. Wu
  9. Yue
  10. Zhou
  11. accrue
  12. adieu
  13. ado
  14. anew
  15. askew
  16. babu
  17. ballyhoo
  18. bamboo
  19. bleu
  20. blew
  21. blue
  22. boo
  23. brew
  24. brue
  25. canoe
  26. chew
  27. choo
  28. chou
  29. construe
  30. coo
  31. coup
  32. coups
  33. crew
  34. cue
  35. debut
  36. dew
  37. do
  38. doo
  39. drew
  40. drive-thru
  41. due
  1. ensue
  2. eschew
  3. ewe
  4. few
  5. flew
  6. flu
  7. flue
  8. fondue
  9. foo
  10. fu
  11. glew
  12. glue
  13. gnu
  14. goo
  15. grew
  16. gu
  17. gue
  18. hew
  19. hewe
  20. hitherto
  21. hoo
  22. hue
  23. hullabaloo
  24. imbue
  25. into
  26. isu
  27. jew
  28. jus
  29. kangaroo
  30. katmandu
  31. kazoo
  32. knew
  33. kyu
  34. leu
  35. lew
  36. lieu
  37. loo
  38. lue
  39. m2
  40. mew
  41. misconstrue
  1. moo
  2. mu
  3. neveu
  4. new
  5. nu
  6. ooh
  7. oooh
  8. ou
  9. outdo
  10. outgrew
  11. overdo
  12. overdue
  13. overthrew
  14. perdue
  15. pew
  16. phew
  17. plew
  18. poo
  19. pooh
  20. prew
  21. pugh
  22. pursue
  23. q
  24. q.
  25. qu
  26. que
  27. queue
  28. redo
  29. renew
  30. review
  31. revue
  32. rew
  33. roux
  34. rue
  35. screw
  36. shampoo
  37. shew
  38. shoe
  39. shoo
  40. shu
  41. skew
  1. slew
  2. soo
  3. spew
  4. stew
  5. strew
  6. subdue
  7. sue
  8. taboo
  9. tattoo
  10. tatu
  11. tew
  12. thankyou
  13. thew
  14. threw
  15. through
  16. thru
  17. to
  18. too
  19. trew
  20. true
  21. tue
  22. two
  23. u
  24. undo
  25. undue
  26. unglue
  27. untrue
  28. view
  29. vue
  30. wahoo
  31. whew
  32. who
  33. withdrew
  34. woo
  35. wu
  36. xu
  37. yew
  38. you
  39. yu
  40. yue
  41. zoo

reverse dictionary (36)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. mark
  2. sign
  3. clue-cringle
  4. clue-rope
  5. clew
  6. clewe
  7. goosewinged
  1. goosewing
  2. key
  3. clueless
  4. gaff-topsail clue-line
  5. jib-iron
  6. spectacle-iron
  7. tack-tackle
  1. main-tack
  2. outhaul
  3. passaree
  4. clue
  5. goring
  6. jib-sheet
  7. lee-clue
  1. leefang
  2. lead
  3. hint
  4. clue in
  5. bottom
  6. club
  7. dock
  1. examination
  2. fore-sheet
  3. garnet
  4. labyrinth
  5. master key
  6. thread
  7. trace
  1. trail

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  1. game
  1. toy

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  • ruzuzu See hammock. Sep 24, 2010

  • sarra Ooh yes. I only learnt that last year. Brilliant bit of hidden language. May 3, 2008

  • fbharjo Mr Green in the conservatory with a candlestick - just stringing things along ( look up the etymology of clue) May 3, 2008

  • dontcry We so do! May 3, 2008

  • reesetee "That is not my dog."

    Aaaahaha! We slay ourselves! May 3, 2008

  • dontcry "Ouch!"

    "I thought you said your dog didn't bite!?"

    *snorting with anticipation!* May 2, 2008

  • reesetee Hahaha! One of my favorite scenes!

    "No, my dog does not bite." May 2, 2008

  • dontcry See, now what you've done. Cluedo (I assume long "o") makes me think of 'Clouseau,' *snort* which always leads *snort, chortle* fits of irrational exuberance in me.

    "Does your dog bite?"

    *over come by apoplectic fit of laughter*
    Gasp,help...! May 2, 2008

  • sarra Clue the board game is known as Cluedo in its home country. (a pun on ludo) May 2, 2008

  • gangerh Well, I had a bit of a clue but I dropped it and reesetee picked it up. Oh, and perhaps see isihac, shag pile and the list clueless balls for the full connect. However, avoid the page schadenfreudgeon for it's a cred herring. May 1, 2008

  • dontcry HAR! May 1, 2008

  • reesetee You mean...(wait for it)....

    You haven't a clue? May 1, 2008

  • gangerh I'm sorry but I don't have this word listed. May 1, 2008

  • seanahan It was a great movie. Feb 14, 2008

  • jennarenn Clue got expanded into a movie at some point in the 80s. It's the only movie I know of with three different endings. Feb 13, 2008

  • treeseed Clue is a crime fiction board game originally published by Waddingtons in the United Kingdom in 1948. It was devised by Anthony E. Pratt, a solicitor's clerk and part-time clown from Birmingham, England. It is now published by the United States game and toy company Hasbro, which acquired its U.S. publisher Parker Brothers as well as Waddingtons.

    The game is set in a mansion, with the board divided into different rooms. The players each represent a character who is a guest staying at this house, whose owner, Dr. Black (Mr. Boddy in the North American version), has been found murdered. Players attempt to solve the murder. The solution to the murder requires the three components of Suspect, Weapon, and Room.

    _Wikipedia Feb 12, 2008

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