| VERB | contact | riddle | pierce with many holes |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | riddle | set a difficult problem or riddle | |
| contact | riddle, screen | separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff | |
| contact | riddle, permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue | spread or diffuse through | |
| communication | riddle | speak in riddles | |
| cognition | riddle | explain a riddle | |
| NOUN | communication | riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser | a difficult problem |
| artifact | riddle | a coarse sieve (as for gravel) |
| Sounds | rih'dahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A difficult problem. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser | |
| Broader | problem | A question raised for consideration or solution |
| Spanish | acertijo, adivinanza, enigma, interrogante, misterio, rompecabezas | |
| Catalan | endevinalla, enigma | |
| Verbs | riddle | set a difficult problem or riddle |
| riddle | speak in riddles | |
| Meaning | A coarse sieve (as for gravel). | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | sieve, screen | A strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles |
| Spanish | cedazo, criba, escogedor | |
| Catalan | crivell, porgador | |
| Verbs | riddle | separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff |
| Meaning | pierce with many holes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The bullets riddled his body" | |
| Broader | pierce | make a hole into |
| Spanish | acribillar | |
| Meaning | Set a difficult problem or riddle. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "riddle me a riddle" | |
| Broader | perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound | Be a mystery or bewildering to |
| Nouns | riddle | a difficult problem |
| Meaning | separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | screen | |
| Broader | sift, sieve, strain | separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements |
| Spanish | cribar | |
| Catalan | crivellar, garbellar, porgar | |
| Nouns | riddle | a coarse sieve (as for gravel) |
| Meaning | Spread or diffuse through. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks" | |
| Synonyms | permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue | |
| Narrower | spiritize, spiritise | imbue with a spirit / spirit / spirit / spirit |
| Broader | penetrate, perforate | Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance |
| Spanish | difundirse, extenderse, permear | |
| Meaning | speak in riddles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings |
| Nouns | riddle | a difficult problem |
| Meaning | explain a riddle. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work | Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning / meaning of |
| Spanish | resolver un acertijo | |
| Catalan | resoldre | |
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