clew

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a ball of yarn or cord or thread
    evidence that helps to solve a problem
  • Verb:
    roll into a ball

Word Origin

clew (n.)
"ball of thread or yarn," northern English and Scottish relic of Old English cliewen "sphere, ball, skein, ball of thread or yarn," probably from West Germanic *kleuwin (cognates: Old Saxon cleuwin, Dutch kluwen), from Proto-Germanic *kliwjo-, from PIE *gleu- "gather into a mass, conglomerate" (see clay).

Example

1. Clew giving a point and written content can !
2. In each course , conduct reader study through progressively clew .
3. Expert clew : salt adds iodine to be able to prevent iodine effectively to lack disease .
4. Buy installation is particularly simple after coming back , need only it is ok that according to clew one pace undertakes operating !
5. Every work compose make up briefly achieve setting to reach performance clew , in order to facilitate the reader is used .

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