Clue
[kluː] or [klʊ]
Definition
(noun.) evidence that helps to solve a problem.
(verb.) roll into a ball.
Checker: Stella--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.
(n.) That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.
(n.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
(n.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
(n.) A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.
(n.) A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as Clew.
Checker: Peggy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Guide, direction, clew, CLAVIS.
Checked by Cecily
Examples
- For the easy expression of public opinion in government is a clue to what services are needed and a test of their success. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If the woman's fierce temper once got beyond her control, and once flamed out on me, she might yet say the words which would put the clue in my hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Certainly none until afterwards when I held the clue. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At last we have a clue! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The next stage, however, ended as that one ended; we had no new clue. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Of course, we always have the optician clue to fall back upon, but I take a short cut when I can get it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Have you a clue? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- After all, said I, the clue of the matter lies probably here in town. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yet I feel that the clue is the most important one that I hold. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I don't see that, said Clym, carefully concealing every clue to his own interrupted intention, which she plainly had not guessed. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But I have been seated quietly in my chair, and what clues can I have given you? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In Asia particularly, in India or the East Indies, there may be hidden the most illuminating clues. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Oh, yes; I have known him solve questions which presented fewer clues than yours. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now, Watson, said he, we have picked up two clues this morning. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- That is one of the clues of which I spoke. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Pansy