Gravel
['græv(ə)l] or ['ɡrævl]
Definition
(noun.) rock fragments and pebbles.
(verb.) cover with gravel; 'We gravelled the driveway'.
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Definition
(n.) Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.
(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.
(v. t.) To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
(v. t.) To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
(v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
(v. t.) To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Sand, grit, small pebbles.
v. a. [1]. Cover with gravel.[2]. Puzzle, embarrass, perplex, bewilder, stagger, pose, nonplus, put out.
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Definition
n. small stones often intermixed with sand: small collections of gravelly matter in the kidneys or bladder.—v.t. to cover with gravel: to puzzle perplex:—pr.p. grav′elling; pa.p. grav′elled.—adj. Grav′elly.—ns. Grav′el-pit a pit from which gravel is dug; Grav′el-walk a footpath covered with gravel.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of gravel, denotes unfruitful schemes and enterprises. If you see gravel mixed with dirt, it foretells you will unfortunately speculate and lose good property.
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Examples
- On one of those occasions I saw a figure on the broad gravel walk under my window. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The moon was set, and it was very dark; Bessie carried a lantern, whose light glanced on wet steps and gravel road sodden by a recent thaw. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His footsteps were heard along the gravel path; in a moment he was in the passage, and in another he was before them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- You have a sweet room here, Mr. Bingley, and a charming prospect over the gravel walk. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Catherick came into our garden one night, and woke us by throwing up a handful of gravel from the walk at our window. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- While thus engaged he heard footsteps on the gravel without, and somebody knocked at the door. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The turf was verdant, the gravelled walks were white; sun-bright nasturtiums clustered beautiful about the roots of the doddered orchard giants. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- We don't want to do it; but if men will be gravelled, why--we can't help it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- On one of those occasions I saw a figure on the broad gravel walk under my window. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The moon was set, and it was very dark; Bessie carried a lantern, whose light glanced on wet steps and gravel road sodden by a recent thaw. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- His footsteps were heard along the gravel path; in a moment he was in the passage, and in another he was before them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- You have a sweet room here, Mr. Bingley, and a charming prospect over the gravel walk. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Catherick came into our garden one night, and woke us by throwing up a handful of gravel from the walk at our window. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- While thus engaged he heard footsteps on the gravel without, and somebody knocked at the door. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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