Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - riddle
Riddle
riddle
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
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I. noun see: read Date: before 12th century a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed ; conundrum, enigma, something or someone difficult to understand, see: mystery II. verb (~d; riddling) Date: 1571 intransitive verb to speak in or propound ~s, transitive verb to find the solution of ; explain, to set a ~ for ; puzzle, ~r noun III. noun see: certain Date: before 12th century a coarse sieve, IV. transitive verb (~d; riddling) Date: 13th century to separate (as grain from chaff) with a ~ ; screen, to pierce with many holes , to spread through ; permeate ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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