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riddle

('r/I/d/-/l )

a difficult problem(noun.communication)

Synonym:
brain-teaser, conundrum, enigma

source: wordnet30
a coarse sieve (as for gravel)(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.(noun)

source: webster1913

pierce with many holes(verb.contact)

Example:
The bullets riddled his body.

source: wordnet30
set a difficult problem or riddle(verb.cognition)

Example:
Riddle me a riddle.

source: wordnet30
separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff(verb.contact)

Synonym:
screen

source: wordnet30
spread or diffuse through(verb.contact)

Example:
His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks.

Synonym:
diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade

source: wordnet30
speak in riddles(verb.communication)

source: wordnet30
explain a riddle(verb.cognition)

source: wordnet30
To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.(verb)

source: webster1913
To explain; to solve; to unriddle.(verb)

source: webster1913
To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.(verb)

source: webster1913

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