gravel

Definition of Gravel in English :

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Noun

1. crushed rock, gravel

rock fragments and pebbles

crushed rock

Verb

2. annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex

cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

Example Sentences:
'Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me'
'It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves'

3. gravel

cover with gravel

Example Sentences:
'We gravelled the driveway'

4. amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex

be a mystery or bewildering to

Example Sentences:
'This beats me!'
'Got me--I don't know the answer!'
'a vexing problem'
'This question really stuck me'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gravel

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noun

1.

an unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments that is coarser than sand

2. geology

a mixture of rock fragments with diameters in the range 4–76 mm

3. pathology

small rough calculi in the kidneys or bladder

verb -els, -elling, -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled (transitive)

4.

to cover with gravel

5.

to confound or confuse

6. US informal

to annoy or disturb

Gravel

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noun

1.

a loose mixture of pebbles and rock fragments coarser than sand, often mixed with clay, etc.

2. Medicine

a deposit of small concretions that form in the kidneys or gallbladder and that may be retained, passed on to the urinary bladder, or passed from the body

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈgraveled or ˈgravelled, ˈgraveling or ˈgravelling

3.

to cover (a walk, driveway, etc.) with gravel

4.

to embarrass or perplex

5. US, Informal

to irritate or annoy

Gravel

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n.

1. An unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments or pebbles.

2. Medicine The sandlike granular material of urinary calculi.

tr.v. grav·eled, grav·el·ing, grav·els or grav·elled or grav·el·ling

1. To apply a surface of rock fragments or pebbles to.

2. To confuse; perplex.

3. Informal To irritate.

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