Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
ridded |
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of Rid |
ridden |
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p. p. of Ride., of Ride |
ridder |
noun |
One who, or that which, rids. |
riddle |
noun |
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., A board having a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it., To separate, as grain from the chaff, with a riddle; to pass through a riddle; as, riddle wheat; to riddle coal or gravel., To perforate so as to make like a riddle; to make many holes in; as, a house riddled with shot., Something proposed to be solved by guessing or conjecture; a puzzling question; an ambiguous proposition; an enigma; hence, anything ambiguous or puzzling., To explain; to solve; to unriddle., To speak ambiguously or enigmatically. |
riding |
present participle & vb. noun |
of Ride, One of the three jurisdictions into which the county of York, in England, is divided; — formerly under the government of a reeve. They are called the North, the East, and the West, Riding., Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk., Used for riding on; as, a riding horse., Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day., The act or state of one who rides., A festival procession., Same as Ride, n., 3., A district in charge of an excise officer. |
rideau |
noun |
A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge. |
rident |
adjective |
Laughing. |
ridged |
imp. & past participle |
of Ridge |
ridgel |
noun |
Same as Ridgelling. |