Sekirov Dictionary

riddle

/ˈɹɪdəl/

verb 6
noun 6
forms 3
phrases 2

verb6

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To fill with holes like a riddle.
- The shots from his gun began to riddle the targets.
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(figurative) To fill or spread throughout; to pervade (with something destructive or weakening).
- Your argument is riddled with errors.
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To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.
- You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road.
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To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.
- Riddle me this.
To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
(no longer used) To plait.

noun6

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A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.
- Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?
An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.
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.
One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south.
A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
(no longer used) A curtain; bedcurtain.

forms

riddled · riddling · riddles

Phrases with riddle

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