English to English
noun
- a difficult problem
source: WordNet 3.0
- a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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: Webster 1913
- Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- pierce with many holes
The bullets riddled his body.
source: WordNet 3.0
- set a difficult problem or riddle
Riddle me a riddle.
source: WordNet 3.0
- separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
source: WordNet 3.0
- spread or diffuse through
An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration.
Music penetrated the entire building.
His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks.
source: WordNet 3.0
- speak in riddles
source: WordNet 3.0
- explain a riddle
source: WordNet 3.0
- To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.
source: Webster 1913
- To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
source: Webster 1913
- To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [rídl] Bugtungan; turingán; bithay
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [rídl] Magbithay
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
