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Gravel Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gravel? [n] rock fragments and pebbles [adj] unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" [adj] made of packed earth or gravel; "a dirt road" [v] be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem" [v] cover with gravel, as of a road [v] cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gravel: amaze \| annoy \| baffle \| beat \| bewilder \| bother \| cacophonic \| cacophonous \| chafe \| crushed rock \| devil \| dirt \| dumbfound \| flummox \| get \| get at \| get to \| grating \| graveled \| gravelly \| irritate \| mystify \| nark \| nettle \| nonplus \| perplex \| pose \| puzzle \| rag \| rasping \| raspy \| rile \| rough \| stupefy \| unpaved \| vex \| vex Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gravel: asphalt \| bitumen \| bituminous macadam \| blacktop \| breccia \| brick \| cement \| chafe \| cobble \| cobblestone \| concrete \| curb \| curbing \| curbstone \| debris \| detritus \| edgestone \| exacerbate \| flag \| flagging \| flagstone \| fret \| gall \| grain \| granule \| granulet \| grate \| grate on \| grit \| irritate \| kerb \| kerbstone \| macadam \| pavement \| pavestone \| paving \| paving stone \| provoke \| rasp \| road metal \| sand \| set on edge \| shingle \| stone \| Tarmac \| tarmacadam \| Tarvia \| tile \| washboard See Also \| antagonise \| antagonize \| bank gravel \| bedevil \| befuddle \| beset \| chevvy \| chevy \| chivvy \| chivy \| confound \| confuse \| cover \| discombobulate \| displease \| eat into \| elude \| escape \| figure out \| fox \| fret \| fuddle \| get \| grate \| harass \| harry \| hassle \| lick \| mix up \| molest \| peeve \| pit run \| pit-run gravel \| plague \| provoke \| puzzle out \| puzzle over \| rankle \| riddle \| rock \| ruffle \| shingle \| solve \| stagger \| stone \| stump \| throw \| work \| work out Gravel In Webster's Dictionary \Grav"el\, n. [OF. gravele, akin to F. gr?ve a sandy shore, strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. grouan gravel, W. gro coarse gravel, pebbles, and Skr. gr[=a]van stone.] 1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand. 2. (Med.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom. {Gravel powder}, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder. \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graveled}or {Gravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Graveling} or {Gravelling}.] 1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk. 2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand. When we were fallen into a place between two seas, they graveled the ship. --Acts xxvii. 41 (Rhemish version). Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand that he fell to the ground. --Camden. 3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.] When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak. The physician was so graveled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T. North. 4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.

Gravel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gravel?

[n] rock fragments and pebbles
[adj] unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
[adj] made of packed earth or gravel; "a dirt road"
[v] be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"
[v] cover with gravel, as of a road
[v] cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

Gravel In Webster's Dictionary

\Grav"el\, n. [OF. gravele, akin to F. gr?ve a sandy
shore, strand; of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. grouan gravel, W.
gro coarse gravel, pebbles, and Skr. gr[=a]van stone.]
1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles,
   often intermixed with particles of sand.

2. (Med.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the
   kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease
   of which they are a symptom.

{Gravel powder}, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.


\Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graveled}or {Gravelled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Graveling} or {Gravelling}.]
1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.

2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run
   aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.

         When we were fallen into a place between two seas,
         they graveled the ship.               --Acts xxvii.
                                               41 (Rhemish
                                               version).

         Willam the Conqueror . . . chanced as his arrival to
         be graveled; and one of his feet stuck so fast in
         the sand that he fell to the ground.  --Camden.

3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]

         When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak.

         The physician was so graveled and amazed withal,
         that he had not a word more to say.   --Sir T.
                                               North.

4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the
   shoe and foot.

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