Definition
Past tense of clew; to haul up or gather the lower corner of a sail; or (adjective) rolled or gathered at the corners.
Etymology
From clew as a verb, meaning to pull the clew-corner of a sail upward to adjust the sail. A nautical technical term dating back to the Age of Sail.
Kelly Says
Sailors clewed their sails before storms—it's a specific, practiced motion that appears in every sailing adventure novel, making clewed one of the most action-packed nautical verbs ever.
Translations
ARالعربية
مُتَوَجّج
mu-ta-wa-jj
CSČeština
vázaný
va-zan-ee
DEDeutsch
gebunden
geh-boon-den
ELΕλληνικά
δεσμευμένος
des-me-ve-men
ESEspañol
amarrado
a-mar-ra-doh
FISuomi
sidottu
si-dot-tu
GUGU
બંધાયેલ
ban-dha-aye-l
HIहिन्दी
बंधा हुआ
ban-dhaa hoo-a
HUMagyar
kötözve
kote-to-zve
IDBahasa Indonesia
diikat
dee-i-kat
ITItaliano
legato
le-ga-toh
JA日本語
結び付けられた
mu-shi-tsu-ke-ra-re-ta
KKKK
біріктірілген
bi-ri-k-ti-ri-l-gen
MRMR
बांधलेले
ban-dha-le-le
MSBahasa Melayu
diikat
dee-i-kat
MYမြန်မာ
ပြုလုပ်ထား
pyoo-loo-p-tha-ra
NLNederlands
verbonden
ver-bon-den
PLPolski
związany
z-vee-a-ny
PTPortuguês
amarrado
a-mar-ra-doh
RUРусский
привязанный
pri-vee-zan-nyy
SWKiswahili
ameme
a-me-me
TAதமிழ்
இணைக்கப்பட்ட
i-nai-kka-pat-ta
TEతెలుగు
బంధించిన
ban-dhin-chin
TLTL
nakakabit
na-ka-ka-bit
TRTürkçe
bağlanmış
bagh-lahm-lish
UKУкраїнська
прив'язаний
pri-v-yaz-an-iy
VITiếng Việt
đã được buộc
da-oh được bue-t
ZUZU
ngqonqoshe
ng-qo-n-qo-she