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riddled

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Main Entry: riddle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: perforate, permeate

Synonyms:

bore, corrupt, damage, honeycomb, impair, infest, mar, pepper, pervade, pierce, pit, puncture, spoil
Main Entry: bore
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: drill hole

Synonyms:

burrow, gouge out, mine, penetrate, perforate, pierce, pit, prick, punch, puncture, ream, riddle, sink, tunnel
Notes: a boar is a male pig; a boor is a person with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement; a bore is one that is wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious
Main Entry: decayed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: rotten, falling apart

Synonyms:

addled, bad, carious, carrion, corroded, decomposed, effete, gangrenous, moldered, overripe, perished, putrefied, putrescent, putrid, rank, riddled, rotted, ruined, spoiled, wasted, withered

Antonyms:

developing, flourishing, germinating, growing, improving, ripening
Main Entry: puncture
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: poke hole in

Synonyms:

bore, cut, cut through, deflate, drill, go down, go flat, knife, lacerate, lance, nick, open, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prick, punch, riddle, rupture

Antonyms:

close, sew
Main Entry: screen
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: examine and choose

Synonyms:

cull, eliminate, evaluate, extract, filter, gauge, grade, pick out, process, riddle, scan, select, separate, sieve, sift, sort, winnow
Main Entry: sift
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take out residue; remove impurities

Synonyms:

analyze, clean, colander, comb, delve into, dig into, drain, evaluate, examine, explore, fathom, filter, go into, go through, grade, inquire, investigate, look into, pan, part, pore over, probe, prospect, purify, riddle, screen, scrutinize, search, separate, sieve, size, sort, strain, winnow

Antonyms:

put in
Main Entry: sort
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: place in order

Synonyms:

arrange, assort, button down, catalogue, categorize, choose, class, classify, comb, cull, distribute, divide, file, grade, group, order, peg, pick, pigeonhole, put down as, put down for, put in order, put in shape, put to rights, rank, riddle, screen, select, separate, sift, size up, systematize, tab, typecast, winnow

Antonyms:

disorder, disorganize
Main Entry: strain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: filter

Synonyms:

exude, percolate, purify, refine, riddle, screen, seep, separate, sieve, sift
Main Entry: tap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pierce to drain

Synonyms:

bleed, bore, broach, draft, drain, draw, draw forth, draw off, draw out, drill, empty, lance, milk, mine, open, penetrate, perforate, pump, riddle, siphon, spear, spike, stab, unplug, unstopper, use, utilize
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