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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 — [[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 — 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] rɪd(ə)ld[/t]] COMB in ADJ: usu ADJ n riddled combines with nouns to form adjectives that describe something as being full of a particular undesirable thing or quality. She pushed the bullet riddled door open... It is a dangerous, crime… … English dictionary
Mathematics and Physical Sciences — ▪ 2003 Introduction Mathematics Mathematics in 2002 was marked by two discoveries in number theory. The first may have practical implications; the second satisfied a 150 year old curiosity. Computer scientist Manindra Agrawal of the… … Universalium
riddle — riddle1 /rid l/, n., v., riddled, riddling. n. 1. a question or statement so framed as to exercise one s ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum. 2. a puzzling question, problem, or matter. 3. a puzzling thing or person. 4 … Universalium
riddle — [[t]rɪ̱d(ə)l[/t]] riddles, riddling, riddled 1) N COUNT A riddle is a puzzle or joke in which you ask a question that seems to be nonsense but which has a clever or amusing answer. 2) N COUNT You can describe something as a riddle if people have… … 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 — 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
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