puzzled (verb)

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• puzzle out — verb find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of (Freq. 2) did you solve the problem? Work out your problems with the boss this unpleasant situation isn t going to work itself out did you get it? Did you get my… …   Useful english dictionary

• puzzle over — verb try to solve (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: ↑think, ↑cogitate, ↑cerebrate • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * ˈpuzzle ˌ …   Useful english dictionary

• mosey — verb /ˈmoʊ.zi/ a) To set off, get going; to start a journey. Havent got time. I must mosey up to the North End to see a man who has got a lovely throat. Nobody can find out what is the matter. He has puzzled all the doctors. b) To amble; to walk… …   Wiktionary

• confess — verb (I, T) 1 to admit that you have done something wrong or illegal, especially to the police: After three hours of questioning the suspect broke down and confessed. | confess to doing sth: Edwards confessed to being a spy for the KGB. | confess …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• look — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 act of looking at/considering sth ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ brief, cursory, quick ▪ careful, close, close up (esp. AmE) …   Collocations dictionary

• puzzle — I. verb (puzzled; puzzling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1582 transitive verb 1. to offer or represent to (as a person) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve ; challenge mentally; also to exert (as oneself) over such …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• puzzle — /ˈpʌzəl / (say puzuhl) noun 1. a toy or other contrivance designed to amuse by presenting difficulties to be solved by ingenuity or patient effort. 2. something puzzling; a puzzling matter or person. 3. puzzled or perplexed condition. –verb… …  

• Aristotle’s logic and metaphysics — Alan Code PART 1: LOGICAL WORKS OVERVIEW OF ARISTOTLE’S LOGIC The Aristotelian logical works are referred to collectively using the Greek term ‘Organon’. This is a reflection of the idea that logic is a tool or instrument of, though not… …   History of philosophy

• puzzle — puz|zle1 [ pʌzl ] noun count * 1. ) usually singular someone or something that you cannot understand: puzzle to: She was a puzzle to him. 2. ) a game consisting of many pieces that you have to fit together correctly: a jigsaw puzzle a ) a game… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• puzzle */ — I UK [ˈpʌz(ə)l] / US verb [transitive] Word forms puzzle : present tense I/you/we/they puzzle he/she/it puzzles present participle puzzling past tense puzzled past participle puzzled to make someone worry and think hard, by being difficult to… …   English dictionary

• puzzle over — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms puzzle over : present tense I/you/we/they puzzle over he/she/it puzzles over present participle puzzling over past tense puzzled over past participle puzzled over puzzle over someone/something to think hard… …   English dictionary