- clew - a ball of yarn or cord or thread
--1 is a kind of cord; ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk; cord; ball, clod, glob, lump, clump, chunk
Derived form: verb clew1 - clue, clew, cue - evidence that helps to solve a problem
--2 is a kind of evidence; evidence
--2 has particulars: sign, mark