bedridden | (adjective) confined to bed (by illness) | Synonyms: bedfast, bedrid, sick-abed |
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griddle | (noun) cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked | - |
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(verb) cook on a griddle | - |
griddlecake | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, hot cake, hotcake, pancake |
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(noun) a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle | Synonyms: drop scone, Scotch pancake |
hagridden | (adjective) tormented or harassed by nightmares or unreasonable fears | Synonyms: hag-ridden, tormented |
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riddance | (noun) the act of forcing out someone or something | Synonyms: ejection, exclusion, expulsion |
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(noun) the act of removing or getting rid of something | Synonyms: elimination |
riddle | (noun) a coarse sieve (as for gravel) | - |
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(noun) a difficult problem | Synonyms: brain-teaser, conundrum, enigma |
(verb) explain a riddle | - |
(verb) set a difficult problem or riddle | - |
(verb) speak in riddles | - |
(verb) pierce with many holes | - |
(verb) separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff | Synonyms: screen |
(verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade |
riddled | (adjective) (often followed by `with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes | - |
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(adjective) spread throughout | - |