| 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 |