Crossword clues for riddled
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Riddle \Rid"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Riddling.]
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.
Wiktionary
1 Damaged throughout by holes. 2 Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation. 3 # {{non-gloss definition|Taking a noun complement construed with the preposition (term with English).}} 4 # (non-gloss definition: Taking a noun complement that precedes the adjective, forming a compound.) v
(en-past of: riddle)
WordNet
adj. (often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes; "a sweater riddled with moth holes"; "cliffs riddled with caves"; "the bullet-riddled target"
spread throughout; "cities riddled with corruption"
Usage examples of "riddled".
The supporting structure of the tunnel had already been weakened, and its walls were riddled with gaping holes.
Chasehope has riddled out the whole black business, and has those that will swear to the man.
They were riddled with paths that twisted and wound around deep stands of trees and bushes.
Either the entire forest was riddled with them, she decided, or it was just one particular flock that was keeping pace with Pukwudji and her.
But even heterosexual monogamy within marriage, long considered to be the benchmark of normalcy, can be riddled with problems.