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Meaning of riddle
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.
riddle Sentence Examples
- The more you take away, the bigger it becomes.
- (What is it?
- A hole) I have a tongue, but I cannot speak.
- I have a bed, but I never sleep.
- (What am I?
- A shoe) What goes up a chimney down, but can't go down a chimney up?
- (An umbrella) What has a head and body but no neck?
- (A shirt) I am always hungry, and must always be fed.
- The finger I touch will soon turn red.
- (What am I?
FAQs About the word riddle
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
puzzle, enigma,mystery, problem, closed book, secret, puzzlement, why, mystification,conundrum
patch, fill,fill, patch, plug,seal, seal, plug,
The more you take away, the bigger it becomes.
(What is it?
A hole) I have a tongue, but I cannot speak.
I have a bed, but I never sleep.
