Canadian French Meaning of riddle
Énigme
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Definitions and Meaning of riddle in English
riddle (n)
a difficult problem
a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
riddle (v)
pierce with many holes
set a difficult problem or riddle
separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
spread or diffuse through
speak in riddles
explain a riddle
riddle (n.)
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 having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.
riddle (v. t.)
To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.
To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
riddle (v. i.)
To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
FAQs About the word riddle
Énigme
a difficult problem, a coarse sieve (as for gravel), pierce with many holes, set a difficult problem or riddle, separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff, spr
énigme,Mystère,Casse-tête,livre fermé,Conundrum,mystification,perplexité,secret,Pourquoi,Casse-tête
remplir,patch,prise,phoque
ridding => débarrasser, ridder => rat, ridden => monté, ridded => débarrassé, riddance => débarras,
