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21clue — [[t]klu͟ː[/t]] clues 1) N COUNT: oft N to n A clue to a problem or mystery is something that helps you to find the answer to it. Geneticists in Canada have discovered a clue to the puzzle of why our cells get old and die... How a man shaves may… …
22clue — 01. Police are still looking for [clues] in the murder of a local businessman. 02. Detectives are searching through the house of the victim for [clues] which they hope will lead them to the killer. 03. I can t find the answer. Could you give me a …
23clue — {{11}}clue (n.) 1590s, phonetic variant of CLEW (Cf. clew) a ball of thread or yarn, with reference to the one Theseus used as a guide out of the Labyrinth. The purely figurative sense of that which points the way is from 1620s. {{12}}clue (v.)… …
24clue — noun 1) give me just one clue police are searching for clues Syn: hint, indication, sign, signal, pointer, trace, indicator; lead, tip, tipoff; (clues) evidence, information 2) …
25Clue — Clew Clew (kl[=u]), Clue Clue, n. [OE. clewe, clowe, clue, AS. cleowen, cliwen, clywe ball of thread; akin to D. kluwen, OHG. chliwa, chliuwa, G. dim. kleuel, kn[ a]uel, and perch. to L. gluma hull, husk, Skr. glaus sort of ball or tumor. Perch.… …
26clue — I. noun Etymology: alteration of clew Date: 1596 1. something that guides through an intricate procedure or maze of difficulties; specifically a piece of evidence that leads one toward the solution of a problem 2. idea, notion < had no clue what… …
27clue — /klooh/, n., v., clued, cluing. n. 1. anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc. 2. clew (defs. 1 4, 6, 7). v.t. 3. to direct or point out by a clue. 4. clew (def. 8). 5. clue in, a. to provide with useful …
28clue — 1. noun a) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide. she had even had in the past a small smug conviction that in the domestic labyrinth she always kept the clue. b) Information which …
29clue in — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms clue in : present tense I/you/we/they clue in he/she/it clues in present participle clueing in past tense clued in past participle clued in informal clue someone in to provide someone with information about… …
30clue*/ — [kluː] noun [C] 1) an object or fact that helps someone to solve a crime or mystery Detectives were brought in to help search for clues.[/ex] Police still have no clues as to the identity of the killer.[/ex] 2) a piece of information that helps… …
