meaning of gravel
1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.
2. 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. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
4. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
5. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
6. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
7. rock fragments and pebbles
Related Words
gravel | gravel pit | gravel-stone | graveled | graveless | graveling | gravelled | gravelliness | gravelling | gravelly | gravelweed | gravely |
