different between sievelike vs riddled

English

Alternative forms

• sieve-like

Etymology

sieve +? -like

Adjective

sievelike (comparative more sievelike, superlative most sievelike)

1. Resembling a sieve; thus, having holes through which fluids can pass

   a sievelike membrane

Synonyms

• ethmoid, ethmoidal

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???d?ld/

Verb

riddled

1. simple past tense and past participle of riddle

Adjective

riddled (comparative more riddled, superlative most riddled)

1. Damaged throughout by holes.
2. Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation.
   1. Taking a noun complement construed with the preposition with.

      The minister claimed that the old benefits system was riddled with abuse and fraud.

   2. Taking a noun complement that precedes the adjective, forming a compound.
      • 2008, Joan London, The Good Parents, Random House Australia, ?ISBN, page 235:

        They took a swig each from an old bottle of sherry and ate some stale digestive biscuits sealed in a tin in the mouse-riddled cupboards.

Anagrams

• diddler