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
Riddle
A surname.
A city in Oregon.
• dreidl, lidder
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.
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.
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.
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.
riddle (plural riddles)
(obsolete) A curtain; bed-curtain
(religious) One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south
riddle (third-person singular simple present riddles, present participle riddling, simple past and past participle riddled)
(transitive, obsolete) To plait
• dreidl, lidder
Source: Wiktionary
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
18 June 2024
(noun) an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; “a parade of strollers on the mall”; “a parade of witnesses”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
