Riddlename

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  A surname.

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  A place in the United States:

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  A place in the United States:

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  A place in the United States:

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  A place in the United States:

riddlenoun詞源 1/ˈɹɪdəl/

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  A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

  • Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?
  • 12 ¶ And Samson said vnto them, I will now put foorth a riddle vnto you: if you can certeinly declare it me, within the seuen dayes of the feast, and finde it out, then I will giue you thirtie sheetes, and thirtie change of garments: 13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall yee giue me thirtie sheetes, and thirtie change of garments. And they said vnto him, Put foorth thy riddle, that we may heare it. 14 And hee said vnto them, Out of the eater came foorth meate, aud out of the strong came foorth sweetnesse. And they could not in three dayes expound the riddle.
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  An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.

riddleverb詞源 1/ˈɹɪdəl/

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  To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.

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  To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.

  • Riddle me this.

riddlenoun詞源 2/ˈɹɪdəl/

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  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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  A board with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.

riddleverb詞源 2/ˈɹɪdəl/

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  To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.

  • You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road.
  • In its finest form – two years old or more – leaf mould can be riddled (sieved) and used, mixed 50/50 with sand, to make fine potting compost for seeds and cuttings.
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  To fill with holes like a riddle.

  • The shots from his gun began to riddle the targets.
  • New Alresford is constantly mispronounced, T-shaped, honeycombed with cellars, packed with antique shops, riddled with woodworm, surrounded by watercress. The name - which means 'ford by the alders' - is pronounced 'Allsford'; and no one ever uses 'New', though they do call the adjoining village Old Alresford.
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  To fill or spread throughout; to pervade (with something destructive or weakening).

  • Your argument is riddled with errors.
  • O perplex'd diſcompoſition, O ridling diſtemper, O miſerable condition of Man.

riddlenoun詞源 3/ˈɹɪdəl/

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  obsoleteA curtain; bedcurtain.

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  One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south.

riddleverb詞源 4/ˈɹɪdəl/

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  obsoleteTo plait.