puzzle | | |
1. n. Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of. | |
Where he went after he left the house is a puzzle. | |
2. n. A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete. | |
3. n. A crossword puzzle. | |
4. n. A jigsaw puzzle. | |
5. n. A riddle. | |
6. n. (archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction. | |
7. n. The state of being puzzled; perplexity. | |
to be in a puzzle | |
8. v. To perplex (someone). | |
9. v. (intransitive) To think long and carefully, in bewilderment. | |
We puzzled over the curious-shaped lock, but were unable to discover how the key should be inserted. | |
10. v. To make intricate; to entangle. | |