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Definition of Gravel
1. Noun. Rock fragments and pebbles.
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"
Specialized synonyms: Get, Get Under One's Skin, Eat Into, Fret, Grate, Rankle, Peeve, Ruffle, Fret, Beset, Chevvy, Chevy, Chivvy, Chivy, Harass, Harry, Hassle, Molest, Plague, Provoke, Antagonise, Antagonize
Related verbs: Chafe
Generic synonyms: Displease
Derivative terms: Annoyance, Annoyer, Bother, Botheration, Botheration, Devilment, Devilry, Deviltry, Irritant, Irritation, Irritation, Irritation, Irritation, Vexation, Vexation, Vexer
3. Verb. Cover with gravel. "We gravelled the driveway"
4. Verb. Be a mystery or bewildering to. "The good news will gravel her"; "This question really stuck me"
Specialized synonyms: Mix Up, Stump, Riddle, Elude, Escape
Generic synonyms: Bedevil, Befuddle, Confound, Confuse, Discombobulate, Fox, Fuddle, Throw
Derivative terms: Bafflement, Bewilderment, Mystery, Mystification, Mystification, Mystifier, Poser, Puzzle, Puzzlement, Puzzler, Stupefaction
Also: Puzzle Out, Puzzle Over
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.
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