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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Riddle
     (Heb. hodah). The oldest and, strictly speaking, the only
     example of a riddle was that propounded by Samson (Judg.
     14:12-18). The parabolic prophecy in Ezek. 17:2-18 is there
     called a "riddle." It was rather, however, an allegory. The word
     "darkly" in 1 Cor. 13:12 is the rendering of the Greek enigma;
     marg., "in a riddle."

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Riddle, OR (city, FIPS 61850)
    Location: 42.95370 N, 123.36612 W
    Population (1990): 1143 (427 housing units)
    Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 97469

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t.
     To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Riddle me this, and guess him if you can. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. i.
     To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. ``Lysander riddels
     very prettily.'' --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Riddle \Rid"dle\, n. [OE. ridil, AS. hridder; akin to G. reiter,
     L. cribrum, and to Gr. ??? to distinguish, separate, and G.
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which
        wire is drawn to straighten it.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many
        holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Riddle \Rid"dle\, n. [For riddels, s being misunderstood as the
     plural ending; OE. ridels, redels. AS. r?dels; akin to D.
     raadsel, G. r["a]thsel; fr. AS. r?dan to counsel or advise,
     also, to guess. [root]116. Cf. Read.]
     Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a
     puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma;
     hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To wring from me, and tell to them, my secret,
           That solved the riddle which I had proposed. --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           'T was a strange riddle of a lady.       --Hudibras.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Riddle \Rid"dle\, n. [For riddels, s being misunderstood as the
     plural ending; OE. ridels, redels. AS. r?dels; akin to D.
     raadsel, G. r["a]thsel; fr. AS. r?dan to counsel or advise,
     also, to guess. [root]116. Cf. Read.]
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Riddle \Rid"dle\, n. [OE. ridil, AS. hridder; akin to G. reiter,
     L. cribrum, and to Gr. ??? to distinguish, separate, and G.
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t.
     To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
  
           Riddle me this, and guess him if you can. --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. i.
     To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. ``Lysander riddels
     very prettily.'' --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  riddle
       n 1: a difficult problem [syn: conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser]
       2: a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
       v 1: pierce many times; "The bullets riddled his body"
       2: set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"
       3: separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff [syn: screen]
       4: speak in riddles
       5: explain a riddle

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  riddle
     Αγγλικά n.
     το αίνιγμα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  riddle
     n.
     1 A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual
  nature.
     2 An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than
  a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden
  meaning.
     vb.
     1 To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
     2 (lb en transitive) To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or
  question.
     n.
     1 (senseid en sieve) 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 with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn
  to straighten it.
     vb.
     1 To put something through a #Noun 2 or sieve#Noun; to sieve#Verb; to
  sift#Verb.
     2 To fill with holes like a #Noun 2.
     3 To fill or spread throughout; to pervade.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A curtain; bedcurtain.
     2 (lb en religious) One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on
  the north and south.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive obsolete) To plait.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Riddle
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en city co/Douglas County s/Oregon c/US).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  riddle
     n.
     1 A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual
  nature.
     2 An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than
  a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden
  meaning.
     vb.
     1 To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
     2 (lb en transitive) To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or
  question.
     n.
     1 (senseid en sieve) 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 with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn
  to straighten it.
     vb.
     1 To put something through a #Noun 2 or sieve#Noun; to sieve#Verb; to
  sift#Verb.
     2 To fill with holes like a #Noun 2.
     3 To fill or spread throughout; to pervade.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A curtain; bedcurtain.
     2 (lb en religious) One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on
  the north and south.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive obsolete) To plait.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Riddle
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en city co/Douglas County s/Oregon c/US).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  riddle
     n.
     1 A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual
  nature.
     2 An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than
  a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden
  meaning.
     vb.
     1 To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
     2 (lb en transitive) To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or
  question.
     n.
     1 (senseid en sieve) 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 with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn
  to straighten it.
     vb.
     1 To put something through a #Noun 2 or sieve#Noun; to sieve#Verb; to
  sift#Verb.
     2 To fill with holes like a #Noun 2.
     3 To fill or spread throughout; to pervade.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A curtain; bedcurtain.
     2 (lb en religious) One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on
  the north and south.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive obsolete) To plait.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Riddle
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en city co/Douglas County s/Oregon c/US).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  riddle
     n.
     1 A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual
  nature.
     2 An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than
  a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden
  meaning.
     vb.
     1 To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
     2 (lb en transitive) To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or
  question.
     n.
     1 (senseid en sieve) 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 with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn
  to straighten it.
     vb.
     1 To put something through a #Noun 2 or sieve#Noun; to sieve#Verb; to
  sift#Verb.
     2 To fill with holes like a #Noun 2.
     3 To fill or spread throughout; to pervade.
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A curtain; bedcurtain.
     2 (lb en religious) One of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on
  the north and south.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive obsolete) To plait.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Riddle
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en city co/Douglas County s/Oregon c/US).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  riddle
     Englanti n.
     1 arvoitus
     2 (karkea) seula
     Englanti vb.
     1 seuloa
     2 ampua seulaksi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  riddle
     Engelska n.
     gåta, rebus
     Engelska vb.
     1 gissa
     2 borra

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Riddle /ɹˈɪdəl/
  اللغز

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  riddle //ˈɹɪdəl// 
  га́танка, зага́дка
  verbal puzzle

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  riddle //ˈɹɪdəl// 
  1. отгатвам, разгадавам
  to solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question
  2. надупчвам, правя на решето
  to fill with holes like a riddle
  3. пресявам
  to put something through a riddle or sieve