| Gravel 1. (n.) Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand. 2. (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. 3. (v. t.) To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk. 4. (v. t.) To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand. 5. (v. t.) To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex. 6. (v. t.) To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot. Thesaurus Entries 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 |