English-Thai Dictionary

riddle

N ตะแกรง ร่อน  sieve ta-krang-ron

 

riddle

N ปัญหา  ปริศนา  enigma problem pan-ha

 

riddle

N เกม ทาย ปริศนา  ปัญหา  ปริศนา  puzzle poser kem-tai-pid-sa-na

 

riddle

SL การ ถ่ายปัสสาวะ  kan-tai-pad-sa-wa

 

riddle

VI ตอบ ปริศนา  tob-pid-sa-na

 

riddle

VI พูด เป็น ปริศนา  phu-pen-pid-sa-na

 

riddle

VT ตอบ ปริศนา  tob-pid-sa-na

 

riddle

VT ระดม ยิง  ra-dom-ying

 

riddle

VT ร่อน ด้วย ตะแกรง  sift ron-duai-ta-krang

 

riddle

VT แทง หรือ เจาะ ให้ เป็น รู พรุน  hole puncture tang-rue-jor-hai-pen-ru-prun

 

riddle with

PHRV เจาะ เป็น รู  ทำ ให้พรุน  jor-pen-ru

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RIDDLE

n.[See Cradle. ] An instrument for cleaning grain, being a large sieve with a perforated button, which permits the grain to pass through it, but retains the chaff.

 

RIDDLE

v.t.To separate, as grain from the chaff with a riddle; as, to riddle wheat. [Note. The machines now used have nearly superseded the riddle. ]

 

RIDDLE

n.[See Read. ] 1. An enigma; something proposed for conjecture, or that is to be solved by conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition. Judges 14:12 -19.
2. Any thing ambiguous or puzzling.

 

RIDDLE

v.t.To solve; to explain; but we generally use unriddle, which is more proper. Riddle me this, and guess him if you can.

 

RIDDLE

v.i.To speak ambiguously, obscurely or enigmatically.

 

RIDDLER

n.One who speaks ambiguously or obscurely.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RIDDLE

Rid "dle, n. Etym: [OE. ridil, AS. hridder; akin to G. reiter, L.cribrum, and to Gr. rein clean. See Crisis, Certain. ]

 

1. 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.

 

2. A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.

 

RIDDLE

Rid "dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Riddling. ]

 

1. To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.

 

2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.

 

RIDDLE

Rid "dle, n. Etym: [For riddels, s being misunderstood as the plural ending; OE. ridels, redels. AS. rraadsel, G. räthsel; fr. AS. r to counsel or advise, also, to guess. sq. root116. Cf. Read. ]

 

Defn: Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling. To wring from me, and tell to them, my secret, That solved the riddle which I had proposed. Milton. 'T was a strange riddle of a lady. Hudibras.

 

RIDDLE

RIDDLE Rid "dle, v. t.

 

Defn: To explain; to solve; to unriddle. Riddle me this, and guess him if you can. Dryden.

 

RIDDLE

RIDDLE Rid "dle, v. i.

 

Defn: To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. "Lysander riddels very prettily. " Shak.

 

RIDDLER

RIDDLER Rid "dler, n.

 

Defn: One who riddles (grain, sand, etc. ).

 

RIDDLER

RIDDLER Rid "dler, n.

 

Defn: One who speaks in, or propounds, riddles.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

riddle

rid dle 1 |ˈridl ˈrɪdl | ▶noun a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning, typically presented as a game. • a person, event, or fact that is difficult to understand or explain: the riddle of her death. ▶verb [ no obj. ] archaic speak in or pose riddles: he who knows not how to riddle. • [ with two objs. ] solve or explain (a riddle ) to (someone ): riddle me this then. PHRASES talk (or speak ) in riddles express oneself in an ambiguous or puzzling manner. DERIVATIVES rid dler |ˈridlər, ˈridl-ər |noun ORIGIN Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse ‘opinion, conjecture, riddle ’; related to Dutch raadsel, German Rätsel, also to read .

 

riddle

rid dle 2 |ˈrɪdl ˈridl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 (usu. be riddled ) make many holes in (someone or something ), esp. with gunshot: his car was riddled by sniper fire. • fill or permeate (someone or something ), esp. with something unpleasant or undesirable: the existing law is riddled with loopholes. 2 pass (a substance ) through a large coarse sieve: for final potting, the soil mixture is not riddled. • remove ashes or other unwanted material from (something, esp. a fire or stove ) in such a way. ▶noun a large coarse sieve, esp. one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel. ORIGIN late Old English hriddel, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cribrum ‘sieve, ’ cernere ‘separate, ’ and Greek krinein ‘decide. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

riddle

riddle 1 |ˈrɪd (ə )l | ▶noun a question or statement intentionally phrased so as to require ingenuity in ascertaining its answer or meaning. • a person or thing that is difficult to understand or explain: the riddle of her death. ▶verb [ no obj. ] archaic speak in or pose riddles. • [ with two objs ] solve or explain (a riddle ) to (someone ): riddle me this then. PHRASES talk (or speak ) in riddles express oneself in an ambiguous or puzzling manner. DERIVATIVES riddler noun ORIGIN Old English rǣdels, rǣdelse ‘opinion, conjecture, riddle ’; related to Dutch raadsel, German Rätsel, also to read .

 

riddle

riddle 2 |ˈrɪd (ə )l | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 make many holes in (someone or something ), especially with gunshot: his car was riddled by sniper fire. • fill or permeate (someone or something ), especially with something undesirable: the existing law is riddled with loopholes | her body was riddled with arthritis. 2 pass (a substance ) through a large coarse sieve: for final potting, the soil mixture is not riddled. • remove ashes or other unwanted material from (something, especially a fire or stove ) with a sieve. ▶noun a large coarse sieve, especially one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel. ORIGIN late Old English hriddel, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cribrum ‘sieve ’, cernere ‘separate ’, and Greek krinein ‘decide ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

riddle

riddle 1 noun an answer to the riddle: puzzle, conundrum, brainteaser, problem, unsolved problem, question, poser, enigma, mystery, quandary; informal stumper. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD riddle, conundrum, enigma, mystery, paradox, puzzle All of these terms imply something baffling or challenging. A mystery is anything that is incomprehensible to human reason, particularly if it invites speculation (the mystery surrounding her sudden disappearance ). An enigma is a statement whose meaning is hidden under obscure or ambiguous allusions, so that we can only guess at its significance; it can also refer to a person of puzzling or contradictory character (he remained an enigma throughout his long career ). A riddle is a mystery involving contradictory statements, with a hidden meaning designed to be guessed at (the old riddle about how many college graduates it takes to change a light bulb ). Conundrum applies specifically to a riddle phrased as a question, the answer to which usually involves a pun or a play on words, such as “What is black and white and read all over? ”; conundrum can also refer to any puzzling or difficult situation. A paradox is a statement that seems self-contradictory or absurd, but in reality expresses a possible truth (Francis Bacon's well-known paradox, “The most corrected copies are commonly the least correct ”). A puzzle is not necessarily a verbal statement, but it presents a problem with a particularly baffling solution or tests one's ingenuity or skill in coming up with a solution (a crossword puzzle ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

riddle

riddle 2 verb 1 his car was riddled by gunfire: perforate, pierce, puncture, pepper. 2 he was riddled with cancer: permeate, suffuse, fill, pervade, spread through, imbue, saturate, overrun, beset. 3 the soil must be riddled: sieve, sift, strain, screen, filter.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

riddle

riddle 1 noun they hope for an answer to the riddle of why he was killed: puzzle, conundrum, brain-teaser, Chinese puzzle, problem, unsolved problem, question, poser, enigma, mystery, quandary, paradox; Zen Buddhism koan; informal stumper.

 

riddle

riddle 2 verb 1 his car was riddled by sniper fire: perforate, hole, make /put /punch holes in, pierce, penetrate, puncture, honeycomb, pepper; prick, gore, bore through, transfix. 2 he died eight months later, riddled with cancer: permeate, suffuse, fill, pervade, spread through, imbue, inform, charge, saturate, overrun, take over, overspread, infiltrate, run through, filter through, be diffused through, invade, beset, pester, plague. 3 when sowing small seeds, the soil must be riddled: sieve, sift, strain, screen, filter, purify, refine, winnow; archaic bolt, griddle.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

riddle

rid dle 1 /rɪ́d (ə )l /〖語源は 「相談 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 なぞなぞ , 判じ物 ▸ ask a riddle なぞをかける ▸ guess (the answer to ) a riddle なぞなぞ (の答え )を言い当てる 2 なぞ , 難問 ; なぞめいた事 [物 , 人 ](mystery )▸ solve the riddle of the origin of life 生命の起源のなぞを解く 動詞 他動詞 …のなぞを解く .自動詞 なぞをかける ; なぞめいたことを言う .

 

riddle

rid dle 2 名詞 C 目の粗いふるい .動詞 他動詞 1 …をふるいにかける ; 〈石炭など 〉を (棒などで )揺する 〘燃えている火の中で灰を取り除くための動作 〙.2 【弾丸などで 】…を穴だらけにする, ハチの巣にする «with » .

 

riddled

r í d dled 形容詞 1 〖be ～〗【欠点 腐敗などで 】いっぱいで «with » .2 〖通例be ～〗【弾丸などで 】穴だらけで «with » .