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Gravel Definition And Meaning |
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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. |
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