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| NOUN | 1 | riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser | A difficult problem |
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| 2 | riddle | A coarse sieve (as for gravel) | |
| VERB | 1 | riddle | Pierce with many holes |
| 2 | riddle | Set a difficult problem or riddle | |
| 3 | riddle, screen | Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff | |
| 4 | riddle, permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue | Spread or diffuse through | |
| 5 | riddle | Speak in riddles | |
| 6 | riddle | Explain a riddle |
| Sounds | rih'dahl |
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| Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2061 more rhymes in ahl... |
| Meaning | A difficult problem. |
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| Synonyms | conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser |
| Broader | problem |
| Verbs | riddle; riddle |
| Meaning | A coarse sieve (as for gravel). |
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| Broader | sieve, screen |
| Verbs | riddle |
| Meaning | Pierce with many holes. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The bullets riddled his body" |
| Broader | pierce |
| Meaning | Set a difficult problem or riddle. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s somebody |
| Examples | "riddle me a riddle" |
| Broader | perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound |
| Nouns | riddle |
| Meaning | Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | screen |
| Broader | sift, sieve, strain |
| Nouns | riddle |
| Meaning | Spread or diffuse through. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks" |
| Synonyms | permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue |
| Broader | penetrate, perforate |
| Narrower | spiritize, spiritise |
| Meaning | Speak in riddles. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Broader | communicate, intercommunicate |
| Nouns | riddle |
| Meaning | Explain a riddle. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work |
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