Gravel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments or pebbles.
  • n. Pathology The sandlike granular material of urinary calculi.
  • v. To apply a surface of rock fragments or pebbles to.
  • v. To confuse; perplex.
  • v. Informal To irritate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railroads, and as ballast.
  • n. A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.
  • n. A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
  • n. Kidney stones; a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.
  • v. To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
  • v. To puzzle or annoy
  • v. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
  • v. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
  • v. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.
  • n. A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom.
  • v. To cover with gravel.
  • v. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
  • v. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
  • v. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Coarse sand; a mass of pebbles or of pebbles and sand mixed; stone in a mass of small irregular fragments.
  • n. Specifically, in geology, the rolled and water-worn material formed from fragments of rock under the combined influence of atmospheric agencies and currents of water.
  • n. In pathology, small concretions or calculi resembling sand or gravel which form in the kidneys, pass along the ureters to the bladder, and are expelled with the urine; the disease or morbid state characterized by such concretions.
  • n. In brewing, the appearance of yeast-cells swimming in clear beer in the form of fine gravel.
  • To cover with gravel; fill or choke with gravel: as, to gravel a walk; to gravel a fountain.
  • To bury.
  • To cause to stick in gravel or sand.
  • Hence To bring to a standstill through perplexity; embarrass; puzzle; nonplus.
  • To hurt the foot of, as a horse, by the lodging of gravel under the shoe.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cover with gravel
  • n. rock fragments and pebbles
  • v. be a mystery or bewildering to
  • v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  • Verb Form
    gravelled    gravelling    gravels   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cover   
    Variant
    gravelled    gravelling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Embarrass    perplex    stone    disable    dull plus   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Havel    Pavel    Ravel    gavel    ravel    travel    unravel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dirt    pebble    sand    clay    asphalt    rubble    cement    boulder    shingle    brick