gravel

gravel has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• n.. Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.
• 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.
• v. t.. To cover with gravel; as, to gravel a walk.
• v. t.. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
• v. t.. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
• v. t.. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
• n.. rock fragments and pebbles
• v.. 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"
• v.. cover with gravel; "We gravelled the driveway"
• v.. 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"