clew

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Verb

1. (transitive) to roll into a ball
2. (intransitive, transitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail)

Noun

1. (obsolete) A roughly spherical mass or body.
2. (archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.
3. Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
4. The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.
5. (in-plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
6. (in-plural) The cords suspending a hammock.
7. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of clue.

Konzepte

Anhaltspunkt

Faden

🧶

Frage

❓

Garnknäuel

Garnknäul

Indiz

Knäuel

Knäul

Synonyme

clue

cue

conductor

crewel

denotation

driver

filament

get around

guide

guidebook

imprint

index

indication

mar

mark

mill

print

ratchet

revolve

rotate

run

scent

shadow

slot

spin

spoor

spot

strand

swirl

thread

🧵

tincture

token

trace

track

trail

troll

🧌

tumble

turn

twiddle

twirl

vestige

wallop

whirl

whirlpool

yarn

🧶

mill about

ball

whirl around

blemish

Übersetzungen

bugna

gomitolo

indicio

ovillo

indizio

indice

ένδειξη

νήμα

indici

πειστήριο λύσης προβλήματος

peloton

point de repère

preuve

point d’écoute

οδηγός

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/kluː/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: clewe

Geerbt von Altenglisch: cleowen

Verwandt mit Altenglisch: clǣġ

In summary

From Middle English clewe, from Old English cleowen, cliewen, cliwen (“sphere, ball, skein; ball of thread or yarn; mass, group”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuwiną, *klewô (“ball, bale”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to conglomerate, gather into a mass; clump, ball, bale”). Akin to Old English clǣġ (“clay”). Doublet of knawel.