The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graveledor Gravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]
To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
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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.
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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. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
Graveling \Grav"el*ing\, or Gravelling \Grav"el*ling\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.
Graveling \Grav"el*ing\, or Gravelling \Grav"el*ling\, n.
The act of covering with gravel.
A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 alt. (label en fish) The parr or young salmon. n. (label en fish) The parr or young salmon. Etymology 2
vb. (present participle of gravel English)
WordNet
See gravel
v. 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]
cover with gravel; "We gravelled the driveway"
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]
n. rock fragments and pebbles [syn: crushed rock]
[also: gravelling, gravelled]