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Decorative Gravel
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grav⋅el
[grav-uh
l] 
noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling, adjective –noun
| 1. | small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand. |
| 2. | Pathology.
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–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to cover with gravel. |
| 4. | to bring to a standstill from perplexity; puzzle. |
| 5. | Informal. to be a cause of irritation to. |
| 6. | Obsolete. to run (a ship) aground, as on a beach. |
–adjective
| 7. | harsh and grating: a gravel voice. |
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| grav·el (grāv'əl) n.
[Middle English, from Old French gravele, diminutive of grave, pebbly shore, of Celtic origin.] |
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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[=a]van stone.]1. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand. 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. Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.Gravel
Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graveledor Gravelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk. 2. 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. --Camden. 3. 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. 4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
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Language Translation for : gravel
Spanish:
grava,
German:
der Kies,
Japanese:
砂利
gravel
c.1300, from O.Fr. gravele, dim. of grave "sand, seashore," from Celt. *gravo- (cf. Welsh gro "coarse gravel," Bret. grouan, Cornish grow "gravel").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: grav·el
Pronunciation: 'grav-&l
Function: noun
1 : a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and urinary bladder—compare MICROLITH
2 : the condition that results from the presence of deposits of gravel
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gravel grav·el (grāv'əl)
n.
Sandlike concretions of uric acid, calcium oxalate, and mineral salts formed in the passages of the biliary and urinary tracts.
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