RIDDLE

riddle

(noun) a coarse sieve (as for gravel)

riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser

(noun) a difficult problem

riddle

(verb) set a difficult problem or riddle; “riddle me a riddle”

riddle

(verb) explain a riddle

riddle

(verb) speak in riddles

permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle

(verb) spread or diffuse through; “An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration”; “music penetrated the entire building”; “His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks”

riddle

(verb) pierce with many holes; “The bullets riddled his body”

riddle, screen

(verb) separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Riddle

A surname.

A city in Oregon.

Anagrams

• dreidl, lidder

Etymology 1

Noun

riddle (plural riddles)

A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

Synonyms: enigma, conundrum, brain-teaser

An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.

Verb

riddle (third-person singular simple present riddles, present participle riddling, simple past and past participle riddled)

To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.

(transitive) To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.

Etymology 2

Noun

riddle (plural riddles)

A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.

A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.

Verb

riddle (third-person singular simple present riddles, present participle riddling, simple past and past participle riddled)

To put something through a riddle or sieve, to sieve, to sift.

To fill with holes like a riddle.

To fill or spread throughout; to pervade.

Etymology 3

Noun

riddle (plural riddles)

(obsolete) A curtain; bed-curtain

(religious) One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south

Etymology 4

Verb

riddle (third-person singular simple present riddles, present participle riddling, simple past and past participle riddled)

(transitive, obsolete) To plait

Anagrams

• dreidl, lidder

Source: Wiktionary

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Rid"dle, n. Etym: [OE. ridil, AS. hridder; akin to G. reiter, L. cribrum, and to Gr. rein clean. See Crisis, Certain.]

1. A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand.

2. A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.

Rid"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Riddling.]

1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.

2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.

Rid"dle, n. Etym: [For riddels, s being misunderstood as the plural ending; OE. ridels, redels. AS. rraadsel, G. räthsel; fr. AS. r to counsel or advise, also, to guess. sq. root116. Cf. Read.]

Definition: Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling. To wring from me, and tell to them, my secret, That solved the riddle which I had proposed. Milton. 'T was a strange riddle of a lady. Hudibras.

Rid"dle, v. t.

Definition: To explain; to solve; to unriddle. Riddle me this, and guess him if you can. Dryden.

Rid"dle, v. i.

Definition: To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. "Lysander riddels very prettily." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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