baffle
noun
1. a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
Definition categories: man–made, plate
Sentences with baffle as a noun:
- Tanker trucks use baffles to keep the liquids inside from sloshing around.
verb
1. be a mystery or bewildering to
Similar word(s): amaze, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex
Definition categories: cognition, bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
2. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Similar word(s): bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, scotch, spoil, thwart
Definition categories: social, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
3. restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.)
Similar word(s): regulate
Definition categories: change, keep, restrain
Sentences with baffle as a verb:
- I am baffled by the contradictions and omissions in the instructions.
- A ship baffles with the winds.