gravel

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: gravel

1	n v	rock fragments and pebbles cover with gravel
2	v	cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
3	v	be a mystery or bewildering to

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: gravel

Types:: ballast
coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads; bank gravel, pit run, pit-run gravel
gravel as found in natural deposits; shingle
coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)

Type of:: rock, stone
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

“We gravelled the driveway”

Synonyms:: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; get, get under one's skin
irritate; eat into, fret, grate, rankle
gnaw into; make resentful or angry; peeve
cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful; ruffle
trouble or vex; fret
cause annoyance in; beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke
annoy continually or chronically; antagonise, antagonize
provoke the hostility of; goad, needle
goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment
treat cruelly; haze
harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions

Synonyms:: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; mix up, stump
cause to be perplexed or confounded; riddle
set a difficult problem or riddle; elude, escape
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; defy, refuse, resist
elude, especially in a baffling way

Type of:: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly

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