Definition of Gravel

1. Noun. Rock fragments and pebbles.

Exact synonyms: Crushed Rock
Generic synonyms: Rock, Stone
Specialized synonyms: Ballast, Bank Gravel, Pit Run, Pit-run Gravel, Shingle
Derivative terms: Gravelly

2. Verb. Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. "The performance is likely to gravel Sue"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

3. Verb. Cover with gravel. "We gravelled the driveway"
Generic synonyms: Cover

4. Verb. Be a mystery or bewildering to. "The good news will gravel her"; "This question really stuck me"

Definition of Gravel

1. n. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

2. v. t. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.

Definition of Gravel

1. to pave with gravel (a mixture of rock fragments) [v -ELED, -ELING, -ELS or -ELLED, -ELLING, -ELS]

Medical Definition of Gravel

1. 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. "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. Origin: Graveled or Gravelled; Graveling or Gravelling. 1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand. 2. 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. Origin: 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. Gravan stone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gravel

graupel
graupels
Graupner
Graupner's method
grav
gravamen
gravamens
gravamina
grave
grave
Grave's disease
graved
gravedigger
gravedigger
gravel (current term)
gravel (current term)
graveled
graveless
gravelike
graveling
gravelled
gravelling
gravelling
gravelly
gravels
gravelweed
gravely
gravel pit
graven
graven

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