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Slued vs Clued - What's the difference?

slued | clued |

As verbs the difference between slued and clued

is that slued is (slue) while clued is (clue).

slued

English

Verb

(head)
  • (slue)
  • Anagrams

    * * *

    slue

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (mostly British ) slew

    Verb

    (slu)
  • (nautical) To rotate something on an axis.
  • To turn something sharply.
  • * Charles Dickens
  • They laughed, and slued themselves round.
  • To rotate on an axis; to pivot.
  • To slide off course; to skid.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
  • A slough; a run or wet place.
  • Anagrams

    *

    clued

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (clue)
  • Anagrams

    *

    clue

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
  • she had even had in the past a small smug conviction that in the domestic labyrinth she always kept the clue .
  • Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
  • An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
  • (slang) Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
  • Synonyms

    * (information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion) hint, indication, suggestion * (object or indication which may be used as evidence) signature

    Derived terms

    * * clueless * cluestick / clue stick * cluey * have a clue * not have a clue

    See also

    * evidence * red herring

    Verb

  • To provide with a clue.
  • The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should".
  • To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
  • Smith, clue Jones in on what's been happening.

    Derived terms

    * clued-in * clued-up