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riddle

/ˈrɪd.əl/

Traductions

riddlenoun

riddles

Pl.

/ˈrɪd.əl/

загадка

The children tried to solve the riddle.

Дети пытались разгадать загадку.

головоломка

The crossword puzzle was a challenging riddle.

Кроссворд был сложной головоломкой.

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Synonymes

riddleverb

riddled

Präteritum

riddled

Partizip Perfekt

riddling

Gerundium

/ˈrɪd.əl/

загадать

He decided to riddle his friends with a challenging question.

Он решил загадать своим друзьям сложный вопрос.

пронизать

The wall was riddled with bullet holes after the attack.

Стена была пронизана пулевыми отверстиями после атаки.

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Synonymes

riddleadjective

/ˈrɪd.əl/

Used almost exclusively attributively and normally non-gradable.

Synonymes

infested with

plagued by

pervaded by

shot through

peppered with

laced with

fraught with

full of

riddled with

Définitions

riddlenoun

A question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning, typically presented as a game.

The children gathered around to solve the riddle that the teacher had written on the board.

A person or thing that is difficult to understand or explain.

The disappearance of the ancient civilization remains a riddle to archaeologists.

A large coarse sieve, especially one used for separating soil, sand, or gravel by size.

The gardener shook the compost through a riddle to remove stones.

riddleverb

To pierce with many holes.

The old barn was riddled with bullet holes after the storm of gunfire.

To fill or permeate with something undesirable.

The report was riddled with errors and needed a thorough review.

To solve or explain a riddle.

He spent the afternoon trying to riddle out the complex puzzle.

To sift or separate (material) using a riddle (sieve).

They riddled the sand to obtain a finer grade for the mortar.

riddleadjective

Relating to or involving riddles (chiefly attributive, used before another noun).

The campers took part in a riddle contest organized by their counselor.