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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 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  riddled
       adj 1: (often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous
              perforations or holes; "a sweater riddled with moth
              holes"; "cliffs riddled with caves"; "the
              bullet-riddled target"
       2: spread throughout; "cities riddled with corruption"

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

  riddled
     Αγγλικά a.
     διάτρητος, τρυπητός

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

  riddled
     a.
     1 Damaged throughout by holes.
     2 Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.
     3 # {non-gloss definition|Taking a noun complement construed with
  the preposition (m en with).}
     4 # (non-gloss definition: Taking a noun complement that precedes the
  adjective, forming a compound.)
     vb.
     (infl of en riddle  ed-form)

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

  riddled
     a.
     1 Damaged throughout by holes.
     2 Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.
     3 # {non-gloss definition|Taking a noun complement construed with
  the preposition (m en with).}
     4 # (non-gloss definition: Taking a noun complement that precedes the
  adjective, forming a compound.)
     vb.
     (infl of en riddle  ed-form)

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

  riddled
     a.
     1 Damaged throughout by holes.
     2 Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.
     3 # {non-gloss definition|Taking a noun complement construed with
  the preposition (m en with).}
     4 # (non-gloss definition: Taking a noun complement that precedes the
  adjective, forming a compound.)
     vb.
     (infl of en riddle  ed-form)

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

  riddled
     a.
     1 Damaged throughout by holes.
     2 Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.
     3 # {non-gloss definition|Taking a noun complement construed with
  the preposition (m en with).}
     4 # (non-gloss definition: Taking a noun complement that precedes the
  adjective, forming a compound.)
     vb.
     (infl of en riddle  ed-form)

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

  riddled
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm r iddle d)

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

  riddled
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en riddle ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb riddle)

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

  Riddled /ɹˈɪdəld/
  مثقّب

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  riddled /ɹˈɪdəld/ 
  prolezlý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  riddled /ɹˈɪdəld/
  durchlöchert, durchsiebt
        "The gangsters riddled the car with bullets."  - Die Gangster durchsiebten das Auto mit Kugeln.
   see: riddle sth., riddling
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  riddled /ɹˈɪdəld/
  gerättert, gesiebt, gesichtet
     Synonyms: screened, sifted, sieved
  
   see: riddle sth., screen sth., sift sth., sieve sth., riddling, screening, sifting, sieving
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  riddled /ɹˈɪdəld/
  gerüttelt
   see: riddle sth., riddling
  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɹɪdəɫd/


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