"gravel" Definition

Definitions for the word "gravel" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 mixture of coarse sand and small stones, used for paths etc. 2 med. Aggregations of crystals formed in the urinary tract. v. (-ll-; us -l-) lay or strew with gravel. [french diminutive, perhaps of grave shore]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
8. slang
to confound, to bother; “I’m GRAVELLED,” _i.e._, perplexed or confused.—_Old._ Also, to prostrate, to beat to the ground.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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