clew – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of clew

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to clew
Participle: clewed
Gerund: clewing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iclew
youclew
he;she;itclews
weclew
youclew
theyclew

Perfect

Ihave clewed
youhave clewed
he;she;ithas clewed
wehave clewed
youhave clewed
theyhave clewed

Past

Iclewed
youclewed
he;she;itclewed
weclewed
youclewed
theyclewed

Pluperfect

Ihad clewed
youhad clewed
he;she;ithad clewed
wehad clewed
youhad clewed
theyhad clewed

Future

Iwill clew
youwill clew
he;she;itwill clew
wewill clew
youwill clew
theywill clew

Future Perfect

Iwill have clewed
youwill have clewed
he;she;itwill have clewed
wewill have clewed
youwill have clewed
theywill have clewed

Subjunctive

Present

Iclew
youclew
he;she;itclew
weclew
youclew
theyclew

Perfect

Ihave clewed
youhave clewed
he;she;ithave clewed
wehave clewed
youhave clewed
theyhave clewed

Imperfect

Iclewed
youclewed
he;she;itclewed
weclewed
youclewed
theyclewed

Pluperfect

Ihad clewed
youhad clewed
he;she;ithad clewed
wehad clewed
youhad clewed
theyhad clewed

Conditional

Present

Iwould clew
youwould clew
he;she;itwould clew
wewould clew
youwould clew
theywould clew

Perfect

Iwould have clewed
youwould have clewed
he;she;itwould have clewed
wewould have clewed
youwould have clewed
theywould have clewed

Imperative

youclew
weLet's clew
youclew

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam clewing
youare clewing
he;she;itis clewing
weare clewing
youare clewing
theyare clewing

Perfect

Ihave been clewing
youhave been clewing
he;she;ithas been clewing
wehave been clewing
youhave been clewing
theyhave been clewing

Past

Iwas clewing
youwere clewing
he;she;itwas clewing
wewere clewing
youwere clewing
theywere clewing

Pluperfect

Ihad been clewing
youhad been clewing
he;she;ithad been clewing
wehad been clewing
youhad been clewing
theyhad been clewing

Future

Iwill be clewing
youwill be clewing
he;she;itwill be clewing
wewill be clewing
youwill be clewing
theywill be clewing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been clewing
youwill have been clewing
he;she;itwill have been clewing
wewill have been clewing
youwill have been clewing
theywill have been clewing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be clewing
youwould be clewing
he;she;itwould be clewing
wewould be clewing
youwould be clewing
theywould be clewing

Perfect

Iwould have been clewing
youwould have been clewing
he;she;itwould have been clewing
wewould have been clewing
youwould have been clewing
theywould have been clewing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'clew'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'clew'

chew, claw, clem, crew, lew, slew, bleb, bleg, blet, blow,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. From Middle English clew, clewe, clowe, clue, clwe, clyw, clywe, from Old English clēowen, clīewen, clīowen, clīwen, clȳwe, clȳwen (“ball, sphere; skein”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuwiną, *klewô (“bale, ball, clump, mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up, clump together; lump, swelling”). Akin to Old English clǣġ (“clay”). Doublet of knawel.
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Cimbrian khnaul (“ball of yarn”), Dutch kluwe, kluwen (“ball thread or yarn, clew”), German Knäuel (“ballyarn; tangle”), Norwegian Nynorsk kljå (“a loom weight”); also Sanskrit ग्लौ (glau, “the moon; camphor; the earth”). See: Norwegian, nynorsk 'kljå'.

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