RIDDLE

Meaning of RIDDLE in English

rædels

English-Old English dictionary. Англо-Староанглийский словарь. 2012

RIDDLE — Deliberately enigmatic or ambiguous question requiring a thoughtful and often witty answer. The riddle is a form of guessing game …
Английский словарь Британика
RIDDLE — I. ˈrid ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English redels, redel, ridel, from Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse opinion, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIDDLE — (v. t.) To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled …
Английский словарь Webster
RIDDLE — (v. t.) To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; …
Английский словарь Webster
RIDDLE — ( v. t. ) To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDDLE — ( v. t. ) To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDDLE — riddle 1 /rid"l/ , n. , v. , riddled, riddling . n. 1. a question or statement so framed as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDDLE — I. ˈri-d ə l noun Etymology: Middle English redels, ridel, from Old English rǣdelse opinion, conjecture, riddle; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIDDLE — vi to speak ambiguously or enigmatically. 2. riddle ·noun a board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which …
Webster English vocab
RIDDLE — [rid.dle] n [ME redels, ridel, fr. OE raedelse opinion, conjecture, riddle; akin to OE raedan to interpret--more at read] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIDDLE — deliberately enigmatic or ambiguous question requiring a thoughtful and often witty answer. The riddle is a form of guessing game …
Britannica English vocabulary
RIDDLE — / ˈrɪdl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a question that is difficult to understand, and that has …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIDDLE — I. rid ‧ dle 1 /ˈrɪdl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: rædelse 'opinion, guess, riddle' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIDDLE — v. & n. --v.tr. (usu. foll. by with) 1 make many holes in, esp. with gunshot. 2 (in passive) fill; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIDDLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a question or statement testing ingenuity in divining its answer or meaning. 2 a puzzling …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIDDLE — v. & n. v.tr. (usu. foll. by with) 1 make many holes in, esp. with gunshot. 2 (in passive) fill; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIDDLE — n. & v. n. 1 a question or statement testing ingenuity in divining its answer or meaning. 2 a puzzling …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIDDLE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a question or statement testing ingenuity in divining its answer or meaning. 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
RIDDLE — ( riddles, riddling, riddled) 1. A riddle is a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIDDLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES solve a riddle ▪ They still haven't really solved the riddle of how the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIDDLE — n. Deliberately enigmatic or ambiguous question requiring a thoughtful and often witty answer. The riddle is a form of guessing …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RIDDLE — Noun. An act of urination. A shortening of 'jimmy riddle', the rhyming slang for 'piddle'. Cf. 'widdle' and 'piddle'.
Slang English vocab
RIDDLE — n. 25B6; noun an answer to the riddle : PUZZLE, conundrum, brain-teaser, (unsolved) problem, question, poser, enigma, mystery; informal stumper.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIDDLE — v. 1 perforate, pepper, puncture, pierce, honeycomb The back of the bookcase was riddled with tiny worm-holes 2 penetrate, infest, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RIDDLE — I 1. сущ. загадка; трудная проблема There is no clear solution to this riddle. ≈ Нет ясного решения этой загадки. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RIDDLE — riddle.ogg _I 1. ʹrıdl n 1. загадка to solve a riddle - отгадать загадку to talk in riddles - говорить …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RIDDLE — riddle I 1. сущ.загадка; трудная проблема There is no clear solution to this riddle. — Нет ясного решения этой загадки. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
RIDDLE — _I 1. ʹrıdl n 1. загадка to solve a riddle - отгадать загадку to talk in riddles - говорить загадками …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RIDDLE — I 1. сущ. загадка; трудная проблема There is no clear solution to this riddle. — Нет ясного решения этой загадки. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
RIDDLE — I 1. сущ. загадка; трудная проблема There is no clear solution to this riddle. — Нет ясного решения этой загадки. Syn: puzzle, mystery 2. гл. 1) а) говорить …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
RIDDLE — I 1. сущ. загадка; трудная проблема There is no clear solution to this riddle. ≈ Нет ясного решения этой загадки. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
RIDDLE — n. enigma, rébus; (sieve) cribelle (-ar); (with shot) perforar
English interlingue dictionary
RIDDLE — tigmo
English-Visayan vocabulary
RIDDLE — I. noun see: read Date: before 12th century a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RIDDLE — (v. i.) To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
Английский словарь Webster
RIDDLE — (v. t.) To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
Английский словарь Webster
RIDDLE — (n.) Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything …
Английский словарь Webster
RIDDLE — (n.) A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
Английский словарь Webster
RIDDLE — (n.) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders …
Английский словарь Webster
RIDDLE — ( v. t. ) To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDDLE — ( v. i. ) To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDDLE — ( n. ) Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDDLE — ( n. ) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDDLE — ( n. ) A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDDLE — v. solve, interpret; swell up, inflate; perforate, pierce; detonate, explode
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RIDDLE — n. puzzle, question or statement presenting a problem to be solved; enigma, mystery; sieve, screen used for sifting
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RIDDLE — n. Function: transitive verb Inflected Form: rid · dled ; rid · dling \ ' rid-li ŋ , ' ri-d …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RIDDLE — n. Function: noun Etymology: Middle English riddil, from Old English hriddel; akin to Latin cribrum sieve, cernere to sift ― …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RIDDLE — n. Function: verb Inflected Form: rid · dled ; rid · dling \ ' rid-li ŋ , ' ri-d ə …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RIDDLE — n. Pronunciation: ' ri-d ə l Function: noun Etymology: Middle English redels, ridel, from Old English r ǣ delse opinion, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RIDDLE — ~ 1 ■ noun a question or statement phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
RIDDLE — riddl|e, R\~ BrE AmE ˈrɪd ə l ▷ riddl|ed d ▷ riddl|es z ▷ riddl|ing ‿ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RIDDLE — (~s, riddling, ~d) 1. A ~ is a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RIDDLE — (MAKE HOLES) [verb] [T] - to make a lot of holes in (something)The anti-aircraft guns riddled the the plane's wings …
Cambridge English vocab
RIDDLE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIDDLE — Classification: City Located in: Oregon (OR) Total Population (2000): 1014 Total Housing Units (2000): 406 Land Area (square meters): 1728214 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
RIDDLE — n. Function: noun Synonyms: MYSTERY , Chinese puzzle, closed book, conundrum, enigma, mystification, puzzle, puzzlement, why
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
RIDDLE — I . v. a. Solve, explain, un~. II . n. Enigma, puzzle, dark problem, puzzling question.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
RIDDLE — noun Synonyms: mystery , Chinese puzzle, closed book, conundrum, enigma, mystification, puzzle, puzzlement, why
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIDDLE — See ↑ MYSTERIOUS 3
Longman Activator English vocab
RIDDLE — n. 25B6; verb his car was riddled by gunfire : PERFORATE, hole, pierce, puncture, pepper. he was riddled with cancer …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIDDLE — 1. noun мочеиспускание 2. v пронизывать (vt)
Dirty English-Russian vocab
RIDDLE — n. 1) to solve a ~ 2) ( misc. ) to speak in ~s
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
RIDDLE — n. conundrum, puzzle, enigma, poser, question, mystery, problem, brain-teaser or Brit brain-twister The cracker contained a whistle, paper hat, and …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Англо-Староанглийский словарь

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