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Riddled
- verb - (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"
- explain a riddle
- pierce with many holes; "The bullets riddled his body"
- separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff
- set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"
- speak in riddles
- 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"
- spread throughout; "cities riddled with corruption"
Riffled
- verb - look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
- shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked"
Righted
- verb - make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust"
- make right or correct;
- put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the sailboat that had capsized"
- regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat righted again"
Ripened
- verb - cause to ripen or develop fully; "The sun ripens the fruit"; "Age matures a good wine"
- grow ripe; "The plums ripen in July"
- of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses"
Rippled
- verb - flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise; "babbling brooks"
- shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying"
- stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves
Rivered
- - Supplied with rivers; as, a well rivered country.
Riveted
- verb - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
- fasten with a rivet or rivets
- hold (someone's attention); "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists"
Roached
- verb - comb (hair) into a roach
- cut the mane off (a horse)
Roadbed
- noun - a bed supporting a road
Roasted
- verb - (meat) cooked by dry heat in an oven
- cook with dry heat, usually in an oven; "roast the turkey"
- subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"