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riddle
(encz) | riddle,hádanka n: Zdeněk Brož |
riddle
(encz) | riddle,prosévat Zdeněk Brož |
riddle
(encz) | riddle,prostřílet Zdeněk Brož |
riddle
(encz) | riddle,rébus Zdeněk Brož |
riddle
(encz) | riddle,řešeto n: Michal Ambrož |
Riddle
(gcide) | Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t.
To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
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Riddle me this, and guess him if you can. --Dryden.
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Riddle
(gcide) | Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. i.
To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. "Lysander riddles very
prettily." --Shak.
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Riddle
(gcide) | Riddle \Rid"dle\ (r[i^]d"d'l), n. [OE. ridil, AS. hridder; akin
to G. reiter, L. cribrum, and to Gr. kri`nein to distinguish,
separate, and G. 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.
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2. A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which
wire is drawn to straighten it.
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Riddle
(gcide) | Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riddled (r[i^]d"d'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Riddling (r[i^]d"dl[i^]ng).]
1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to
pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or
gravel.
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2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many
holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
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Riddle
(gcide) | Riddle \Rid"dle\, n. [For riddels, s being misunderstood as the
plural ending; OE. ridels, redels. AS. r[=ae]dels; akin to D.
raadsel, G. r[aum]thsel; fr. AS. r[=ae]dan to counsel or
advise, also, to guess. [root]116. Cf. Read.]
Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a
puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma;
hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.
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To wring from me, and tell to them, my secret,
That solved the riddle which I had proposed. --Milton.
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'T was a strange riddle of a lady. --Hudibras.
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riddle
(wn) | riddle
n 1: a difficult problem [syn: riddle, conundrum, enigma,
brain-teaser]
2: a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
v 1: pierce with many holes; "The bullets riddled his body"
2: set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"
3: separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff [syn: riddle,
screen]
4: 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" [syn: permeate, pervade, penetrate,
interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle]
5: speak in riddles
6: explain a riddle |
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griddle
(mass) | griddle
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griddle
(encz) | griddle,plotna n: Zdeněk Brož |
griddle cake
(encz) | griddle cake,lívanec n: Zdeněk Brož |
griddlecake
(encz) | griddlecake,placka n: Zdeněk Brožgriddlecake,suchý lívanec n: Zdeněk Brož |
riddle
(encz) | riddle,hádanka n: Zdeněk Brožriddle,prosévat Zdeněk Brožriddle,prostřílet Zdeněk Brožriddle,rébus Zdeněk Brožriddle,řešeto n: Michal Ambrož |
riddle canon
(encz) | riddle canon, n: |
riddled
(encz) | riddled,prolezlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unriddle
(encz) | unriddle,rozluštit v: Zdeněk Brožunriddle,rozřešit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Griddle
(gcide) | Griddle \Grid"dle\, n. [OE. gredil, gredl, gridel, of Celtic
origin; cf. W. greidell, Ir. greideal, greideil, griddle,
gridiron, greadaim I burn, scorch. Cf. Gridiron.]
1. An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes.
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2. A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners.
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Griddlecake
(gcide) | Griddlecake \Grid"dle*cake`\, n.
A cake baked or fried on a griddle, esp. a thin batter cake,
as of buckwheat or common flour.
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Prinpriddle
(gcide) | Prinpriddle \Prin"prid`dle\, n. (Zool.)
The long-tailed titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
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Riddled
(gcide) | Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riddled (r[i^]d"d'ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Riddling (r[i^]d"dl[i^]ng).]
1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to
pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or
gravel.
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2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many
holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
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Riddler
(gcide) | Riddler \Rid"dler\ (r[i^]d"dl[i^]), n.
One who riddles (grain, sand, etc.).
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One who speaks in, or propounds, riddles.
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The Riddler [Capitalized] A fictional character in the
Batman comic books series and also in the Batman series of
movies. He was an enemy of Batman who proposed riddles.
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The Riddler
(gcide) | Riddler \Rid"dler\, n.
One who speaks in, or propounds, riddles.
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The Riddler [Capitalized] A fictional character in the
Batman comic books series and also in the Batman series of
movies. He was an enemy of Batman who proposed riddles.
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Triddler
(gcide) | Triddler \Trid"dler\, n. (Zool.)
The jacksnipe. [Local, U. S.]
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Unriddle
(gcide) | Unriddle \Un*rid"dle\, v. t. & i. [1st pref. un- + riddle.]
To read the riddle of; to solve or explain; as, to unriddle
an enigma or a mystery. --Macaulay.
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And where you can't unriddle, learn to trust.
--Parnell.
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Unriddler
(gcide) | Unriddler \Un*rid"dler\, n.
One who unriddles. --Lovelace.
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griddle
(wn) | griddle
n 1: cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on
top of a stove) on which food is cooked
v 1: cook on a griddle; "griddle pancakes" |
griddlecake
(wn) | griddlecake
n 1: a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle
[syn: drop scone, griddlecake, Scotch pancake]
2: a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle
[syn: pancake, battercake, flannel cake, {flannel-
cake}, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, {hot
cake}] |
james riddle hoffa
(wn) | James Riddle Hoffa
n 1: United States labor leader who was president of the
Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge
and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered
(1913-1975) [syn: Hoffa, Jimmy Hoffa, {James Riddle
Hoffa}] |
riddle
(wn) | riddle
n 1: a difficult problem [syn: riddle, conundrum, enigma,
brain-teaser]
2: a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
v 1: pierce with many holes; "The bullets riddled his body"
2: set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"
3: separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff [syn: riddle,
screen]
4: 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" [syn: permeate, pervade, penetrate,
interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle]
5: speak in riddles
6: explain a riddle |
riddle canon
(wn) | riddle canon
n 1: a canon in which the entrances of successive parts were
indicated by cryptic symbols and devices (popular in the
15th and 16th centuries) [syn: enigma canon, {enigmatic
canon}, enigmatical canon, riddle canon] |
riddled
(wn) | riddled
adj 1: (often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous
perforations or holes; "a sweater riddled with moth
holes"; "cliffs riddled with caves"; "the bullet-riddled
target"
2: spread throughout; "cities riddled with corruption" |
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