Dutch Meaning of riddle

Raadsels

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Definitions and Meaning of riddle in English

Wordnet

riddle (n)

a difficult problem

a coarse sieve (as for gravel)

Wordnet

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

Webster

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.

Webster

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.

Webster

riddle (v. i.)

To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.

FAQs About the word riddle

Raadsels

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

raadsel,Mysterie,Puzzel,gesloten boek,Raadsel,mystificatie,verbazing,geheim,Waarom,Brainteaser

vullen,pleister,stekker,zeehond

ridding => bevrijding, ridder => rat, ridden => bereden, ridded => bevrijd, riddance => ontlasting,