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baffle

verb (baffles, baffled, baffling)

«baffle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To baffle someone is to puzzle them so they cannot understand or work out what to do. tree →
To baffle a plan is to stop it working, to foil it. tree →

In the lessons

in tales a clever person defeats a wicked plan, or a puzzle leaves everyone stuck.

Examples

Medea at once took measures to baffle them. tree →
The riddle baffled all the clever men. tree →
The puzzle baffled me for an hour. tree →

Note

nothing for maths; a baffling problem is hard, but it does not change the numbers.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «baffle» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«baffle» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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