riddle
/ˈɹɪdəl/ verb B1- To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift. · You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road.
- To fill with holes like a riddle. · The shots from his gun began to riddle the targets.
- To fill or spread throughout; to pervade (with something destructive or weakening). · Your argument is riddled with errors.
He/she/it riddles · Past riddled · Past participle riddled · -ing form riddling
Verb forms
- Base form
- riddle
- He/she/it
- riddles
- Past
- riddled
- Past participle
- riddled
- -ing form
- riddling
From the library
“Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.
“Yes, yes,” replied Dantès eagerly; “I would beg of you, who see so completely to the depths of things, and to whom the greatest mystery seems but an easy riddle, to explain to me how it was that I underwent no second examination, was never brought to trial, and, above all, was condemned without ever having had sentence passed on me?”
“So I read the riddle.”
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