Riddles

What has to be broken before you can use it?

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

What is full of holes but still holds water?

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

What goes up but never comes down?

What gets wet while drying?

I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?

What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?

What is black when it’s clean and white when it’s dirty?