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   riddle

   /ˈrɪdl/

   verb

   • 1. make many holes in (someone or something), especially with gunshot: "his car was riddled by sniper fire" Similar perforateholemake/put/punch holes inpiercepenetratepuncturehoneycombpepperprickgorebore throughtransfix
   • ▪ fill or permeate (someone or something), especially with something undesirable: "the existing law is riddled with loopholes" Similar permeatesuffusefillpervadespread throughimbueinformchargesaturateoverruntake overoverspreadinfiltraterun throughfilter throughbe diffused throughinvadebesetpesterplague
   • 2. pass (a substance) through a large coarse sieve: "for final potting, the soil mixture is not riddled" Similar sievesiftstrainscreenfilterpurifyrefinewinnowarchaic:boltgriddle
   • ▪ remove ashes or other unwanted material from (something, especially a fire or stove) with a sieve: "she heard Mr Evans riddling the fire"

   noun

   • 1. a large coarse sieve, especially one used for separating ashes from cinders or sand from gravel.

   Word Origin late Old Englishhriddel, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin cribrum ‘sieve’, cernere ‘separate’, and Greek krinein ‘decide’.

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