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rid·den adjective 1 : harassed, oppressed, or obsessed by

2 : excessively full of or supplied with

1riddle noun 1 : a puzzling question to be solved or answered by guessing

2 : something or someone difficult to understand

Synonyms

conundrum, enigma, mystery, mystification, puzzle, puzzlement, secret—more at MYSTERY

2riddle verb rid·dled; rid·dling 1 : to find the solution of : SOLVE

2 : to speak in riddles

Synonyms

answer, break, crack, dope, figure out, puzzle, resolve, solve, unravel, work, work out—more at SOLVE

3riddle noun : a coarse sieve

4riddle verb rid·dled; rid·dling 1 : to sift with a riddle

2 : to pierce with many holes

3 : PERMEATE

1ride verb rode ; rid·den ; rid·ing 1 : to go on an animal's back or in a conveyance (as a boat, car, or airplane); also : to sit on and control so as to be carried along <~ a bicycle>

2 : to float or move on water <~ at anchor>; also : to move like a floating object

3 : to bear along : CARRY

4 : to travel over a surface

5 : to proceed over on horseback

6 : to torment by nagging or teasing; also : to poke fun at

7 : to last longer than — usu. used with out

Synonyms

[2] drift, float, glide, hang, hover, poise, sail, waft—more at FLOAT

[6] bait, bug, hassle, heckle, needle, taunt, tease—more at TEASE

[6] chaff, jive, josh, kid, rally, razz, rib, roast, tease—more at TEASE

2ride noun 1 : an act of riding; especially : a trip on horseback or by vehicle

2 : a way (as a road or path) suitable for riding

3 : a mechanical device (as a merry-go-round) for riding on

4 : a means of transportation

rid·er noun 1 : one that rides

2 : an addition to a document often attached on a separate piece of paper

3 : a clause dealing with an unrelated matter attached to a legislative bill during passage

— rid·er·less adjective

1ridge noun [ORIGIN: ME rigge, fr. OE hrycg]

1 : a range of hills

2 : a raised line or strip

3 : the line made where two sloping surfaces (as of a roof) meet

— ridgy adjective

2ridge verb ridged; ridg·ing 1 : to form into a ridge

2 : to extend in ridges

1ridicule noun : the act of ridiculing : DERISION, MOCKERY

2ridicule verb -culed; -cul·ing : to laugh at or make fun of mockingly or contemptuously

Synonyms

deride, gibe, jeer, laugh, mock, scout; also scoff (at), scorn, sneer (at); bad-mouth, belittle, decry, disparage, pooh-pooh, put down; chaff, jive, josh, kid, quiz, rally, razz, rib, ride, tease; bait, bug, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, needle, pester, target, taunt, torment; ape, burlesque, caricature, imitate, lampoon, mimic, parody, parrot, satirize, take off (on), travesty

ri·dic·u·lous adjective : arousing or deserving ridicule : ABSURD; also : provoking laughter

— ri·dic·u·lous·ly adverb

— ri·dic·u·lous·ness noun

Synonyms

absurd, comical, derisive, farcical, laughable, ludicrous, preposterous, risible, silly; also asinine, brainless, dumb, fatuous, foolish, half-witted, harebrained, idiotic, imbecilic, inane, jerky, moronic, nonsensical, stupid, unwise, witless; balmy, cockeyed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, insane, kooky, loony, lunatic, mad, nutty, screwball, senseless, wacky; fantastic, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unreal, unreasonable

antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, humorous, hysterical, laughable, ludicrous, riotous, risible, screaming, uproarious—more at FUNNY

rid·ley noun : either of two relatively small sea turtles

Ries·ling noun : a sweet to very dry white wine made from a single variety of grape orig. grown in Germany

RIF abbreviation reduction in force

rife adjective : occurring in abundance

— rife adverb

— rife·ly adverb

Synonyms

flush, fraught, replete, thick; also bulging, bursting, chock-full, crammed, crowded, fat, filled, full, jammed, jam-packed, loaded, packed, saturated, stuffed; clogged, congested, overflowing, surfeited; alive, animated, astir, bustling, busy, buzzing, humming, lively