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I 'ridl noun(a puzzle usually in the form of a question, which describes an object, person etc in a mysterious or misleading way: Can you guess the answer to this riddle?; The answer to the riddle `What flies for ever, and never rests?' is `The wind'.) adivinanza, acertijo
II 'ridl verb(to make (something) full of holes: They riddled the car with bullets.) acribillar; cribarriddle n acertijo / adivinanzatr['rɪdəl]1 acertijo, adivinanza2 (sieve) criba1 cribar2 (with bullets) acribillarriddled with bullets: acribillado a balazosriddled with errors: lleno de erroresriddle n: acertijo m, adivinanza fn.• acertijo s.m.• adivinanza s.f.• criba gruesa s.f.• enigma s.m.• garbillo s.m.• logogrifo s.m.• mote s.m.• quisicosa s.f.• rompecabezas s.m.v.• acribillar v.• cribar v.• garbillar v.
I 'rɪdḷa) ( puzzle) adivinanza f, acertijo mb) ( mystery) enigma m, misterio m
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transitive verb ( perforate) (often pass)to be riddled WITH something: his body was riddled with bullets lo habían acribillado a balazos; she was riddled with cancer tenía cáncer por todo el cuerpo, estaba cundida de cáncer (Méx); the chairs are riddled with woodworm las sillas están llenas de carcoma or todas carcomidas; the organization is riddled with corruption — la corrupción ha llegado a todos los niveles de la organización
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['rɪdl]N (=word puzzle) acertijo m, adivinanza f ; (=mystery) enigma m, misterio m ; (=person etc) enigma m
II ['rɪdl]1.N (=sieve) criba f, criba f gruesa; (=potato sorter etc) escogedor m2. VT1) (=sieve) cribar; [+ potatoes etc] pasar por el escogedor2)to riddle with — [+ bullets etc] acribillar a
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I ['rɪdḷ]a) ( puzzle) adivinanza f, acertijo mb) ( mystery) enigma m, misterio m
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transitive verb ( perforate) (often pass)to be riddled WITH something: his body was riddled with bullets lo habían acribillado a balazos; she was riddled with cancer tenía cáncer por todo el cuerpo, estaba cundida de cáncer (Méx); the chairs are riddled with woodworm las sillas están llenas de carcoma or todas carcomidas; the organization is riddled with corruption — la corrupción ha llegado a todos los niveles de la organización
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(be) riddled with something — be ˈriddled with sth idiom to be full of sth, especially sth bad or unpleasant • His body was riddled with cancer. • Her typing was slow and riddled with mistakes. • The woods are riddled with rabbit holes. Main entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
riddled — adjective 1 riddled with very full of something, especially something bad or unpleasant: awful concrete apartment blocks, riddled with damp | an isolated village community, riddled with prejudice 2 riddled with holes full of small holes: The wall … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
riddled — rid|dled [ˈrıdld] adj 1.) riddled with sth very full of something bad or unpleasant ▪ The whole house was riddled with damp. ▪ By this time her body was riddled with cancer. 2.) riddled with holes full of small holes ▪ The wall of the fort was… … Dictionary of contemporary English
riddled — [[t]rɪ̱d(ə)ld[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ with n If something is riddled with bullets or bullet holes, it is full of bullet holes. The bodies of four people were found riddled with bullets. 2) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ with n If something is… … English dictionary
riddled — adjective 1. (often followed by with ) damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes (Freq. 1) a sweater riddled with moth holes cliffs riddled with caves the bullet riddled target • Similar to: ↑damaged 2. spread throughout … Useful english dictionary
riddled — UK [ˈrɪd(ə)ld] / US adjective 1) full of a lot of small holes, usually made by bullets riddled with: No one was fatally injured, despite the car being riddled with bullets. 2) containing a lot of things that are bad or not wanted riddled with:… … English dictionary
riddled — rid|dled [ rıdld ] adjective 1. ) full of a lot of small holes, usually made by bullets: riddled with: No one was fatally injured, despite the car being riddled with bullets. 2. ) containing a lot of things that are bad or not wanted: The… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Riddled — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hole — I UK [həʊl] / US [hoʊl] noun [countable] Word forms hole : singular hole plural holes *** 1) a space dug in the surface of the ground Workers dug a 30 foot hole in the ground. rabbit/mouse hole: a grassy bank containing several rabbit holes 2) in … English dictionary
hole — hole1 [ houl ] noun count *** 1. ) a space dug in the surface of the ground: Workers dug a 30 foot hole in the ground. rabbit/mouse hole: a field containing several rabbit holes a ) a small space in the ground for hitting the ball into in golf.… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hole — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, deep, gaping, great, huge, large, massive, yawning ▪ small, tiny … Collocations dictionary