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Noun riddle has 2 senses
  1. riddle, conundrum, enigma, brain-teaser - a difficult problem
    --1 is a kind of problem
    Derived forms: verb riddle4, verb riddle2
  2. riddle - a coarse sieve (as for gravel)
    --2 is a kind of     sieve, screen
    Derived form: verb riddle3
,Verb riddle has 5 senses
  1. riddle - pierce many times; "The bullets riddled his body"
    --1 is one way to     pierce
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"
    --2 is one way to     perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
    Derived form: noun riddle1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something ----s somebody
  3. riddle, screen - separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
    --3 is one way to sift, sieve, strain
    Derived form: noun riddle2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. riddle - speak in riddles
    --4 is one way to     communicate, intercommunicate
    Derived form: noun riddle1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  5. riddle - explain a riddle
    --5 is one way to     solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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