baffle | English to English Dictionary

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baffle

('b/&/f/@/l )

a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
baffle board

source: wordnet30
A defeat by artifice, shifts, and turns; discomfiture.(noun)

source: webster1913
A deflector, as a plate or wall, so arranged across a furnace or boiler flue as to mingle the hot gases and deflect them against the substance to be heated.(noun)

source: webster1913

be a mystery or bewildering to(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
amaze, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex

source: wordnet30
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of(verb.social)

Synonym:
bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart

source: wordnet30
check the emission of (sound)(verb.change)

Synonym:
regulate

source: wordnet30
To cause to undergo a disgraceful punishment, as a recreant knight.(verb)

source: webster1913
To practice deceit.(verb)

source: webster1913

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