Gravel word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "gravel" word
[adjective] unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
[adjective] made of packed earth or gravel; "a dirt road"
[verb] be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"
[verb] cover with gravel, as of a road
[verb] cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
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\Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graveled}or {Gravelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Graveling} or {Gravelling}.] 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.
Synonyms for gravel
amaze, annoy, baffle, beat, bewilder, bother, cacophonic, cacophonous, chafe, crushed rock, devil, dirt, dumbfound, flummox, get, get at, get to, grating, graveled, gravelly, irritate, mystify, nark, nettle, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, rag, rasping, raspy, rile, rough, stupefy, unpaved, vex, vex
See also: antagonise | antagonize | bank gravel | bedevil | befuddle | beset | chevvy | chevy | chivvy | chivy | confound | confuse | cover | discombobulate | displease | eat into | elude | escape | figure out | fox | fret | fuddle | get | grate | harass | harry | hassle | lick | mix up | molest | peeve | pit run | pit-run gravel | plague | provoke | puzzle out | puzzle over | rankle | riddle | rock | ruffle | shingle | solve | stagger | stone | stump | throw | work | work out |
Related terms: asphalt, bitumen, bituminous macadam, blacktop, breccia, brick, cement, chafe, cobble, cobblestone, concrete, curb, curbing, curbstone, debris, detritus, edgestone, exacerbate, flag, flagging, flagstone, fret, gall, grain, granule, granulet, grate, grate on, grit, irritate, kerb, kerbstone, macadam, pavement, pavestone, paving, paving stone, provoke, rasp, road metal, sand, set on edge, shingle, stone, Tarmac, tarmacadam, Tarvia, tile, washboard
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Let's analyse "gravel" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: LEVARG. Average typing speed for these characters is 1680 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
gravel: 1 + 5 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six. |
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