[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gravel \grav"el\, n. of. gravele, akin to f. gr?ve a sandy
   shore, strand; of celtic origin; cf. armor. grouan gravel, w.
   gro coarse gravel, pebbles, and skr. gr=avan stone.
   1. small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles,
      often intermixed with particles of sand.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.
      1913 webster
see also:
gravel powder 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gravel \grav"el\, v. t. imp.  p. p. graveledor gravelled;
   p. pr.  vb. n. graveling or gravelling.
   1913 webster
   1. to cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
      1913 webster

   2. to run as a ship upon the gravel or beach; to run
      aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
      1913 webster

            when we were fallen into a place between two seas,
            they graveled the ship.               --acts xxvii.
                                                  41 rhemish
                                                  version.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   3. to check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. colloq.
      1913 webster

            when you were graveled for lack of matter. --shak.
      1913 webster

            the physician was so graveled and amazed withal,
            that he had not a word more to say.   --sir t.
                                                  north.
      1913 webster

   4. to hurt or lame a horse by gravel lodged between the
      shoe and foot.
      1913 webster
see also:
graveled gravelled graveling gravelling 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gravel
     adj : unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
           syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough
     n : rock fragments and pebbles syn: crushed rock
     v 1: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor
          irritations; "mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really
          bothers me"; "it irritates me that she never closes the
          door after she leaves" syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother,
           get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, vex,
          chafe, devil
     2: cover with gravel; "we gravelled the driveway"
     3: be a mystery or bewildering to; "this beats me"; "got me--i
        don't know the answer"; "a vexing problem"; "this
        question really stuck me" syn: perplex, vex, stick,
         get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
         flummox, stupefy, nonplus, amaze, dumbfound
     also: gravelling, gravelled
see also:
grating gravelly rasping raspy rough crushed rock 
annoy rag get to bother get at 
irritate rile nark nettle vex 
chafe devil perplex stick get 
puzzle mystify baffle beat pose 
bewilder flummox stupefy nonplus amaze 
dumbfound gravelling gravelled 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

49 moby thesaurus words for "gravel":
   tarmac, tarvia, 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, tarmacadam, tile, washboard

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