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Clew – definitions in English dictionary

noun

The lower or after corner of a sail.

Usage examples:

I started to give the outhaul a good yank to get the foot of the main tight and the damned thing ca…
noun

The cords by which a hammock is suspended.

Usage examples:

Tie the clew down to the boom using a reef knot.
noun

A ball of thread.

Usage examples:

A clew of sugán rope or ceirtlin súgán in traditional style was made of bent grass by peter shevlin…
verb

Archaic variant of clue.

verb

Raise (or lower) a square sail by the clews when furling (or unfurling).

Usage examples:

It is mostly the way to man the clew-lines and the bunt-lines, ease off the lee-sheet and clew it up.

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Clew: translate from English into Dutch

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Schoot, Kluwen, Schoothoorn, Knot, Schudden

Clew: translate from English into French

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Indice, Indication, Profit, Qui est sur une piste

Clew: translate from English into German

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Schlaufe, Schlinge

Clew: translate from English into Hindi

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अंटी, लच्छा, लच्छा बनाना, सुत्रकोश, रील, मोइया, अंटा, संधान

Clew: translate from English into Italian

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Bugna, Gomitolo, Filo

Clew: translate from English into Korean

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실꾸리, 줄거리, 실마리, 매다는 줄, 배돛귀, 실톳으로 만들다, 돛귀를 당기다

Clew: translate from English into Russian

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Клубок, Шкотовый угол паруса, Сматывать в клубок, Заканчивать работу, Брать паруса на гитовы

Clew: translate from English into Spanish

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Pista, Indicio, Informar a uno, Poner a uno al tanto

Word origin

Old English cliwen, cleowen (denoting a rounded mass, also a ball of thread), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kluwen . All senses are also recorded for the form clue.

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Clew – similar words

clews

noun

The lower or after corner of a sail.

Usage examples:

I started to give the outhaul a good yank to get the foot of the main tight and the damned thing ca…
verb

Archaic variant of clue.

Clews - all meanings in English

clewing

verb

Raise (or lower) a square sail by the clews when furling (or unfurling).

Usage examples:

It is mostly the way to man the clew-lines and the bunt-lines, ease off the lee-sheet and clew it up.
noun

The lower or after corner of a sail.

Usage examples:

I started to give the outhaul a good yank to get the foot of the main tight and the damned thing ca…
noun

The cords by which a hammock is suspended.

Usage examples:

Tie the clew down to the boom using a reef knot.
Clewing - all meanings in English

clewed

verb

Raise (or lower) a square sail by the clews when furling (or unfurling).

Usage examples:

It is mostly the way to man the clew-lines and the bunt-lines, ease off the lee-sheet and clew it up.
noun

The lower or after corner of a sail.

Usage examples:

I started to give the outhaul a good yank to get the foot of the main tight and the damned thing ca…
noun

The cords by which a hammock is suspended.

Usage examples:

Tie the clew down to the boom using a reef knot.
Clewed - all meanings in English

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