riddle

A verbal puzzle, mystery, or other problem of an intellectual nature.

“Here's a riddle: It's black, and white, and red all over. What is it?”

An ancient verbal, poetic, or literary form, in which, rather than a rhyme scheme, there are parallel opposing expressions with a hidden meaning.

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 with a row of pins, set zigzag, between which wire is drawn to straighten it.

religiousOne of the pair of curtains enclosing an altar on the north and south.

To speak ambiguously or enigmatically.

To solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.

“Riddle me this.”

To put something through a riddle or sieve; to sieve; to sift.

“You have to riddle the gravel before you lay it on the road.”

To fill with holes like a riddle.

“The shots from his gun began to riddle the targets.”

To fill or spread throughout; to pervade.

“Your argument is riddled with errors.”

Set a difficult problem or riddle

“riddle me a riddle”

Separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff

Spread or diffuse through

“An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration”

“music penetrated the entire building”

“His campaign was riddled with accusations and personal attacks”