I am not alive, but I grow

I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?




Similar Riddles

I am lying and I always lie. Tell me whether I am lying or telling the truth.

Asked by Neha on 31 Dec 2024


There are three Athletes (John, Tarun and Harish) and their individual Coaches (Jacob, Meenaxi and Priyanka) standing on the shore.
No Coach trusts their Athlete to be near any other Coach unless they are also with them.
There is a boat that can hold a maximum of two persons.
How can the six people get across the river?

Asked by Neha on 05 Feb 2025

How is a fly different from a mosquito?

Asked by Neha on 15 Jul 2023


If two's company, and three's a crowd, then whats four and five ?

Complicated counting

Asked by Neha on 22 Feb 2021

What brings you down but never up?

Asked by Neha on 22 Oct 2021

While handling a project, the landscaper is asked by the owner of the mansion that he wants four trees in front of his mansion that are exactly equidistant from each other.

How will he do it?

Asked by Neha on 20 Nov 2023


Which five letter word can be added at the end of below word to form a
valid word?

> Pin
> Check
> Boiling
> View

Asked by Neha on 13 Aug 2021

You are provided with a grid (as shown in the picture). Can you fill the squares with numbers 1-8 in a manner that none of the two consecutive numbers are placed next to each other in any direction (vertically, horizontally or diagonally?)

Fill The Grid

Asked by Neha on 22 Sep 2025

Twenty frogs are sitting on a log floating on the surface of a river. Two of them decide to jump off into the water.

How many frogs are there on the log at this moment?

Asked by Neha on 20 Oct 2023


Count the number of squares in the picture below.

Count The Magic Squares

Asked by Neha on 14 Dec 2024

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Challenging

There is a cryptic organization called Cicada 3301 that posts challenging puzzles online, possibly to recruit codebreakers and linguists.