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English to English noun
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a difficult problem |  | source: wordnet30
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a coarse sieve (as for gravel) | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling. | | source: webster1913 verb
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pierce with many holes | | Example: The bullets riddled his body
source: wordnet30
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set a difficult problem or riddle | | Example: riddle me a riddle
source: wordnet30
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separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff | | source: wordnet30
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spread or diffuse through | | Example: An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration
music penetrated the entire building
His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks
source: wordnet30
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speak in riddles | | source: wordnet30
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explain a riddle | | source: wordnet30
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To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel. | | source: webster1913
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To explain; to solve; to unriddle. | | source: webster1913
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To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. | | source: webster1913
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