gravel as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
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gravel
noun
1 gravel
Rock fragments and pebbles.
synonym: crushed rock.
Roget 342:
land,
earth,
ground,
dry land,
terra firma.
continent,
mainland,
peninsula,
chersonese [Fr.],
delta;
tongue of land,
neck of land;
isthmus,
oasis;
promontory
etc.
(projection)
250;
highland
etc.
(height)
206.
coast,
shore,
scar,
strand,
beach;
playa;
bank,
lea;
seaboard,
seaside,
seabank†,
seacoast,
seabeach†;
ironbound coast;
loom of the land;
derelict;
innings;
alluvium,
alluvion†;
ancon.
riverbank,
river bank,
levee.
soil,
glebe,
clay,
loam,
marl,
cledge†,
chalk,
gravel,
mold,
subsoil,
clod,
clot;
rock,
crag.
acres;
real estate
etc.
(property)
780;
landsman†.
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Dutch: kiezel, grind, gravel, split, steenslag
Polish: żwir
verb
1 gravel
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.
synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex ... show more.
Dutch: storen, ergeren, donderen, donderjagen, donderstenen, donderstralen, du(i)veljagen, duvelen, duveljagen, etteren, gallen, irriteren, klieren, klooien, kloothannesen, kloten, lazerstralen, rotzooien, sodemieteren, vervelen ... show more
2 gravel
3 gravel
Be a mystery or bewildering to.
synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex ... show more.
Roget 704:
be difficult
etc.
adj.;
run one hard,
go against the grain,
try one's patience,
put one out;
put to one's shifts,
put to one's wit's end;
go hard with one,
try one;
pose,
perplex
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
bother,
nonplus,
gravel,
bring to a deadlock;
be impossible
etc.
471;
be in the way of
etc.
(hinder)
706.
meet with difficulties;
labor under difficulties;
get into difficulties;
plunge into difficulties;
struggle with difficulties;
contend with difficulties;
grapple with difficulties;
labor under a disadvantage;
be in difficulty
etc.
adj..
fish in troubled waters,
buffet the waves,
swim against the stream,
scud under bare poles.
Have much ado with,
have a hard time of it;
come to the push,
come to the pinch;
bear the brunt.
grope in the dark,
lose one's way,
weave a tangled web,
walk among eggs.
get into a scrape
etc.
n.;
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears;
be put to one's shifts;
flounder,
boggle,
struggle;
not know which way to turn
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
perdre son Latin [Fr.];
stick at,
stick in the mud,
stick fast;
come to a stand,
come to a standstill,
come to a deadlock;
hold the wolf by the ears,
hold the tiger by the tail.
render difficult
etc.
adj.;
enmesh,
encumber,
embarrass,
ravel,
entangle;
put a spoke in the wheel
etc.
(hinder)
706;
lead a pretty dance.
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Dutch: verbluffen, verlegenheid, verstomd doen staan
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
graveled
adjective
Roget 158:
powerless,
impotent,
unable,
incapable,
incompetent;
inefficient,
ineffective;
inept;
unfit,
unfitted;
unqualified,
disqualified;
unendowed;
inapt,
unapt;
crippled,
disabled
etc.
v.;
armless†.
harmless,
unarmed,
weaponless,
defenseless,
sine ictu [Lat.],
unfortified,
indefensible,
vincible,
pregnable,
untenable.
paralytic,
paralyzed;
palsied,
imbecile;
nerveless,
sinewless†,
marrowless†,
pithless†,
lustless†;
emasculate,
disjointed;
out of joint,
out of gear;
unnerved,
unhinged;
water-logged,
on one's beam ends,
rudderless;
laid on one's back;
done up,
dead beat,
exhausted,
shattered,
demoralized;
graveled
etc.
(in difficulty)
704;
helpless,
unfriended†,
fatherless;
without a leg to stand on,
hors de combat [Fr.],
laid on the shelf.
null and void,
nugatory,
inoperative,
good for nothing;
ineffectual
etc.
(failing)
732;
inadequate
etc.
640;
inefficacious
etc.
(useless)
645.
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Roget 704:
difficult,
not easy,
hard,
tough;
troublesome,
toilsome,
irksome;
operose†,
laborious,
onerous,
arduous,
Herculean,
formidable;
sooner said than done;
more easily said than done,
easier said than done.
difficult to deal with,
hard to deal with;
ill-conditioned,
crabbed,
crabby;
not to be handled with kid gloves,
not made with rose water.
awkward,
unwieldy,
unmanageable;
intractable,
stubborn
etc.
(obstinate)
606;
perverse,
refractory,
plaguy†,
trying,
thorny,
rugged;
knotted,
knotty;
invious†;
pathless,
trackless;
labyrinthine
etc.
(convoluted)
248;
intricate,
complicated
etc.
(tangled)
59;
impracticable
etc.
(impossible)
471;
not feasible
etc.
470;
desperate
etc.
(hopeless)
859.
embarrassing,
perplexing
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
delicate,
ticklish,
critical;
beset with difficulties,
full of difficulties,
surrounded by difficulties,
entangled by difficulties,
encompassed with difficulties.
under a difficulty;
in a box;
in difficulty,
in hot water,
in the suds,
in a cleft stick,
in a fix,
in the wrong box,
in a scrape
etc.
n.,
in deep water,
in a fine pickle;
in extremis;
between two stools,
between Scylla and Charybdis;
surrounded by shoals,
surrounded by breakers,
surrounded by quicksands;
at cross purposes;
not out of the wood.
reduced to straits;
hard pressed,
sorely pressed;
run hard;
pinched,
put to it,
straitened;
hard up,
hard put to it,
hard set;
put to one's shifts;
puzzled,
at a loss,
etc.
(uncertain)
475;
at the end of one's tether,
at the end of one's rope,
at one's wit's end,
at a nonplus,
at a standstill;
graveled,
nonplused,
nonplussed,
stranded,
aground;
stuck fast,
set fast;
up a tree,
at bay,
aux abois [Fr.],
driven into a corner,
driven from pillar to post,
driven to extremity,
driven to one's wit's end,
driven to the wall;
au bout de son Latin;
out of one's depth;
thrown out.
accomplished with difficulty;
hard-fought,
hard-earned.
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