Riddle



noun
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(A puzzle; any puzzling person or thing. coarse sieve for separation chaff from com, for sifting sand, coal, or the like) ប្រស្នា, បណ្ដៅ, សំដីស្ដាប់មិនបាន, អាចស្គាល់បានអស
Example: The answer to the riddle, The plane was riddled by bluets.ask a riddle ពាក្យប្រដៅ, His whereabouts is a riddle ការដែលគួរអោយ ពិបាកយល់
verbpast tense: riddled ; past participle: riddled ; present participle: riddling ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) ~ somebody / something (with something) (to utter riddles, to make many holes in; to sift through a riddle; to pierce with holes in many places) កញ្ច្រែងរែង, មធ្យោបាយជ្រើសរើសរឺវែកញែក, ប្រទាស, ប្រដឺស
Example: The plane was riddled by bullets, to riddle sand.riddle a target ធ្វើអោយធ្លុះសុស, (flour) is riddled with (bugs) មានពាសពេញ, (government) is riddled with (corruption) មានគ្រប់កន្លែង
  • riddle with
    - ដែលសុះទៅដោយ, ធ្វើអោយធ្លុះសុះទៅដោយ, ដែលពោរពេញទៅដោយគុណវិបត្ដិ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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.
3.
Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling.
verbpast tense: riddled ; past participle: riddled ; present participle: riddling ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To explain; to solve; to unriddle.
2.
(INTRANSITIVE) To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel.
4.
(TRANSITIVE) To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot.
1.
conundrum, enigma, mystery, problem, puzzle
1.
key, resolution, solution
2.
answer, clue