Thesaurus: gravel

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1. n. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.
2. 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.
3. v. t. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
4. v. t. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
5. v. t. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
6. v. t. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
7. n. rock fragments and pebbles
8. v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
9. v. cover with gravel
10. v. be a mystery or bewildering to
11. 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. 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.
12. A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and theurinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are asymptom. Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.