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Noun baffle has 1 sense
- baffle, baffle board - a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
--1 is a kind of plate
--1 has particulars: diffuser, diffusor
Verb baffle has 3 senses
- perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"
--1 is one way to confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
Sample sentences:
The bad news will baffle him
The good news will baffle her
The performance is likely to baffle Sue
- thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
--2 is one way to prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- baffle, regulate - check the emission of (sound)
--3 is one way to restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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