Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - riddle
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Riddle
riddle
~1 n 1 a question that is deliberately very confusing and usually has a humorous or clever answer (Solve this riddle - What is black and white and red all over? Answer - An embarrassed zebra.) 2 a mysterious action, event, or situation that you do not understand and cannot explain (The origins of the Basque language remain a riddle. | the riddle of the universe) 3 a large wire container with holes in it used to separate earth from stones ~2 v 1 to shake the coal etc in a fire or push it about with a stick, in order to remove ashes 2 to make a lot of small holes in something
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(riddles, riddling, riddled) 1. A riddle is a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to be nonsense but which has a clever or amusing answer. N-COUNT 2. You can describe something as a riddle if people have been trying to understand or explain it but have not been able to. Scientists claimed yesterday to have solved the riddle of the birth of the Universe. = mystery N-COUNT 3. If someone riddles something with bullets or bullet holes, they fire a lot of bullets into it. Unknown attackers riddled two homes with gunfire... VERB: V n with n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English redels, ridel, from Old English r?delse opinion, conjecture, ~; akin to Old English r?dan to interpret — more at read Date: before 12th century 1. a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed ; conundrum, enigma 2. something or someone difficult to understand Synonyms: see mystery II. verb (~d; riddling) Date: 1571 intransitive verb to speak in or propound ~s transitive verb 1. to find the solution of ; explain 2. to set a ~ for ; puzzle • ~r noun III. noun Etymology: Middle English riddil, from Old English hriddel; akin to Latin cribrum sieve, cernere to sift — more at certain Date: before 12th century a coarse sieve IV. transitive verb (~d; riddling) Date: 13th century 1. to separate (as grain from chaff) with a ~ ; screen 2. to pierce with many holes ~d the car with bullets 3. to spread through ; permeate a book ~d with errors ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a question or statement testing ingenuity in divining its answer or meaning. 2 a puzzling fact or thing or person. --v. 1 intr. speak in or propound riddles. 2 tr. solve or explain (a riddle). Derivatives riddler n. Etymology: OE r{aelig}dels, r{aelig}delse opinion, riddle, rel. to READ 2. v. & n. --v.tr. (usu. foll. by with) 1 make many holes in, esp. with gunshot. 2 (in passive) fill; spread through; permeate (was riddled with errors). 3 pass through a riddle. --n. a coarse sieve. Etymology: OE hriddel, earlier hrider: cf. hridrian sift ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) грохот; сито; решето; цедилка; грохотить; просеивать; разделять по крупности 2) экран; щит ...Англо-русский Русско-английский словарь по машиностроению
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1. загадка to solve a riddle —- отгадать загадку to talk in riddles —- говорить загадками 2. тайна, загадка riddles of the universe —- тайны вселенной (мироздания) 3. загадочный человек he is a riddle to me —- он для меня загадка 4. говорить загадками, говорить загадочно 5. загадывать загадки 6. отгадывать, разгадывать загадки riddle me a riddle, riddle my riddle —- разгадай мою загадку riddle me why... —- отгадай, почему... 7. решето, грохот, сито 8. щит, экран Id: to make a riddle of smth., smb. —- изрешетить что-л., кого-л. 9. просеивать, грохотить to riddle soil —- просеивать землю to riddle wheat —- грохотить (просеивать) пшеницу 10. решетить, дырявить to riddle a wall with shots —- изрешетить стену пулями 11. подвергать суровой критике; показывать несостоятельность (чего-л.); не оставлять камня на камне (от чего-л.) to riddle smb.'s argument —- разбить чьи-л. доводы (аргументы) to riddle a theory —- опровергнуть теорию по всем пунктам (статьям) to riddle smb.'s reputation —- погубить чью-л. репутацию, подорвать чье-л. доброе имя 12. пронизывать a murder riddled with puzzles —- убийство, состоящее из сплошных загадок (где загадка на загадке) the report is riddled with elementary errors —- доклад пестрит элементарными ошибками ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun загадка; to talk in riddles - говорить загадками 2. v. 1) говорить загадками 2) разгадывать (загадки) Syn: see puzzle II 1. noun 1) решето, грохот; сито 2) экран; щит 2. v. 1) просеивать, грохотить 2) решетить, дырявить; His body was riddled with bullets. I cant carry water in this pot, its riddled with holes. 3) забрасывать возражениями; подвергать суровой критике; доказывать несостоятельность, неправоту 4) пронизывать; The politicians speech was riddled with lies. ...Англо-русский словарь
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