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gravel
(encz) | gravel,štěrk n: Zdeněk Brož |
Gravel
(gcide) | Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graveledor Gravelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]
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1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
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2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run
aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
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When we were fallen into a place between two seas,
they graveled the ship. --Acts xxvii.
41 (Rhemish
version).
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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.
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3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]
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When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak.
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The physician was so graveled and amazed withal,
that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T.
North.
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4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the
shoe and foot.
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Gravel
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.
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gravel
(wn) | gravel
n 1: rock fragments and pebbles [syn: gravel, 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, gravel, 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, gravel, amaze,
dumbfound] |
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gravely
(mass) | gravely
- vážne |
gravel desert
(encz) | gravel desert,štěrková poušť [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
gravel pit
(encz) | gravel pit, n: |
gravel sand
(encz) | gravel sand,štěrkopísek n: Oldřich Švec |
gravelled
(encz) | gravelled, |
gravelly
(encz) | gravelly,chraplavý adj: Zdeněk Brožgravelly,štěrkový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
gravelous sand
(encz) | gravelous sand,štěrkopísek n: Oldřich Švec |
gravelweed
(encz) | gravelweed, n: |
gravely
(encz) | gravely,vážně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
pit-run gravel
(encz) | pit-run gravel, n: |
graded graveled
(gcide) | improved \improved\ adj.
1. advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent
state. Opposite of unimproved. [Narrower terms: {built,
reinforced}; cleared, tilled ; {developed; {grade ;
graded, graveled ] Also See: {restored.
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2. changed for the better; as, her improved behavior.
Syn: amended.
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Gravel
(gcide) | Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graveledor Gravelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]
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1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
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2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run
aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
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When we were fallen into a place between two seas,
they graveled the ship. --Acts xxvii.
41 (Rhemish
version).
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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.
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3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]
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When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak.
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The physician was so graveled and amazed withal,
that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T.
North.
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4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the
shoe and foot.
[1913 Webster]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.
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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.
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Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.
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gravel etc
(gcide) | Erratic \Er*rat"ic\, a. [L. erraticus, fr. errare to wander: cf.
F. erratique. See Err.]
1. Having no certain course; roving about without a fixed
destination; wandering; moving; -- hence, applied to the
planets as distinguished from the fixed stars.
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The earth and each erratic world. --Blackmore.
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2. Deviating from a wise of the common course in opinion or
conduct; eccentric; strange; queer; as, erratic conduct.
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3. Irregular; changeable. "Erratic fever." --Harvey.
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Erratic blocks, gravel, etc. (Geol.), masses of stone
which have been transported from their original resting
places by the agency of water, ice, or other causes.
Erratic phenomena, the phenomena which relate to
transported materials on the earth's surface.
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Gravel powder
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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Gravel powder, a coarse gunpowder; pebble powder.
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Graveled
(gcide) | Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graveledor Gravelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]
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1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
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2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run
aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
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When we were fallen into a place between two seas,
they graveled the ship. --Acts xxvii.
41 (Rhemish
version).
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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.
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3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]
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When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak.
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The physician was so graveled and amazed withal,
that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T.
North.
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4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the
shoe and foot.
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Graveless
(gcide) | Graveless \Grave"less\, a.
Without a grave; unburied. Graveling |
Graveling
(gcide) | Graveling \Grav"el*ing\, or Gravelling \Grav"el*ling\, n.
1. The act of covering with gravel.
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2. A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.). GravelingGraveling \Grav"el*ing\, or Gravelling \Grav"el*ling\, n.
(Zool.)
A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.
[1913 Webster]Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graveledor Gravelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]
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1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
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2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run
aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
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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.
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3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]
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When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak.
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The physician was so graveled and amazed withal,
that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T.
North.
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4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the
shoe and foot.
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Gravelled
(gcide) | Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graveledor Gravelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]
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1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
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2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run
aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
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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.
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3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]
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When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak.
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The physician was so graveled and amazed withal,
that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T.
North.
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4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the
shoe and foot.
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Gravelliness
(gcide) | Gravelliness \Grav"el*li*ness\, n.
State of being gravelly.
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Gravelling
(gcide) | Graveling \Grav"el*ing\, or Gravelling \Grav"el*ling\, n.
1. The act of covering with gravel.
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2. A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.). GravelingGraveling \Grav"el*ing\, or Gravelling \Grav"el*ling\, n.
(Zool.)
A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea.
[1913 Webster]Gravel \Grav"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graveledor Gravelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Graveling or Gravelling.]
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1. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
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2. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run
aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
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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.
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3. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. [Colloq.]
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When you were graveled for lack of matter. --Shak.
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The physician was so graveled and amazed withal,
that he had not a word more to say. --Sir T.
North.
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4. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the
shoe and foot.
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Gravelly
(gcide) | Gravelly \Grav"el*ly\, a.
Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly
soil.
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gravelly pebbly shingly
(gcide) | beachlike \beach"like`\ adj.
having an extensive gently sloping area of sand or gravel; --
of a shore or shoreline. Opposite of cliffy. [Narrower
terms: gravelly, pebbly, shingly]
Syn: beachy.
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Gravel-stone
(gcide) | Gravel-stone \Grav"el-stone"\, n.
A pebble, or small fragment of stone; a calculus.
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Gravely
(gcide) | Gravely \Grave"ly\, adv.
In a grave manner.
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bank gravel
(wn) | bank gravel
n 1: gravel as found in natural deposits [syn: bank gravel,
pit-run gravel, pit run] |
gravel pit
(wn) | gravel pit
n 1: a quarry for gravel |
gravelly
(wn) | gravelly
adj 1: abounding in small stones; "landed at a shingly little
beach" [syn: gravelly, pebbly, shingly]
2: unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"
[syn: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough,
scratchy] |
gravelweed
(wn) | gravelweed
n 1: perennial herb with yellow flowers; southern and south
central United States [syn: gravelweed, {Verbesina
helianthoides}] |
gravely
(wn) | gravely
adv 1: in a grave and sober manner; "he walked soberly toward
the altar" [syn: gravely, soberly, staidly]
2: to a severe or serious degree; "fingers so badly frozen they
had to be amputated"; "badly injured"; "a severely impaired
heart"; "is gravely ill"; "was seriously ill" [syn: badly,
severely, gravely, seriously] |
pit-run gravel
(wn) | pit-run gravel
n 1: gravel as found in natural deposits [syn: bank gravel,
pit-run gravel, pit run] |
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