Clue Definition

klo͝o

clued, clueing, clues, cluing

noun

clues

Something that leads out of a perplexity; esp., a fact or object that helps to solve a problem or mystery.

Webster's New World

Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.

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An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.

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(slang) Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)

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verb

clued, clues, cluing

To indicate by or as by a clue.

Webster's New World

To provide with the necessary information.

Webster's New World

To provide with a clue (often used with "in" or "up").

The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should".

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Other Word Forms of Clue

Singular:

clue

Plural:

Variant of clew (“a ball of thread or yarn”), from Middle English clewe, from Old English clēowen, clīewen (“sphere, ball, skein; ball of thread or yarn; mass, group”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuwīną, *klewô (“ball, bale”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew-, *gelew- (“to amass, conglomerate; clump, ball, bale”). Sense evolution with reference to the one which the mythical Theseus used to guide him out of the Minotaur's labyrinth. More at clew.

From Wiktionary
Variant of clew (from Theseus's use of a ball of thread as a guide through the Cretan labyrinth)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition