gravel

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G0239400 (grăv′əl)n.1. An unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments or pebbles.2. Medicine The sandlike granular material of urinary calculi.tr.v. grav·eled, grav·el·ing, grav·els or grav·elled or grav·el·ling 1. To apply a surface of rock fragments or pebbles to.2. To confuse; perplex.3. Informal To irritate.

[Middle English, from Old French gravele, diminutive of grave, pebbly shore, of Celtic origin.]

gravel

(ˈɡrævəl) n1. (Geological Science) an unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments that is coarser than sand2. (Geological Science) geology a mixture of rock fragments with diameters in the range 4–76 mm3. (Pathology) pathol small rough calculi in the kidneys or bladdervb (tr) , -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eled4. to cover with gravel5. to confound or confuse6. informal US to annoy or disturb[C13: from Old French gravele, diminutive of grave gravel, perhaps of Celtic origin] ˈgravelish adj

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n., v. -eled, -el•ing (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling, n. 1. small stones and pebbles or a mixture of these with sand. v.t. 2. to cover with gravel. 3. to perplex; puzzle. 4. to irritate. adj. 5. gravelly (def. 2). [1250–1300; Middle English < Old French gravele, diminutive of grave sandy shore, perhaps < Celtic]

gravel

Past participle: gravelled
Gerund: gravelling

Imperative
gravel
gravel

Present
I gravel
you gravel
he/she/it gravels
we gravel
you gravel
they gravel

Preterite
I gravelled
you gravelled
he/she/it gravelled
we gravelled
you gravelled
they gravelled

Present Continuous
I am gravelling
you are gravelling
he/she/it is gravelling
we are gravelling
you are gravelling
they are gravelling

Present Perfect
I have gravelled
you have gravelled
he/she/it has gravelled
we have gravelled
you have gravelled
they have gravelled

Past Continuous
I was gravelling
you were gravelling
he/she/it was gravelling
we were gravelling
you were gravelling
they were gravelling

Past Perfect
I had gravelled
you had gravelled
he/she/it had gravelled
we had gravelled
you had gravelled
they had gravelled

Future
I will gravel
you will gravel
he/she/it will gravel
we will gravel
you will gravel
they will gravel

Future Perfect
I will have gravelled
you will have gravelled
he/she/it will have gravelled
we will have gravelled
you will have gravelled
they will have gravelled

Future Continuous
I will be gravelling
you will be gravelling
he/she/it will be gravelling
we will be gravelling
you will be gravelling
they will be gravelling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been gravelling
you have been gravelling
he/she/it has been gravelling
we have been gravelling
you have been gravelling
they have been gravelling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been gravelling
you will have been gravelling
he/she/it will have been gravelling
we will have been gravelling
you will have been gravelling
they will have been gravelling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been gravelling
you had been gravelling
he/she/it had been gravelling
we had been gravelling
you had been gravelling
they had been gravelling

Conditional
I would gravel
you would gravel
he/she/it would gravel
we would gravel
you would gravel
they would gravel

Past Conditional
I would have gravelled
you would have gravelled
he/she/it would have gravelled
we would have gravelled
you would have gravelled
they would have gravelled

Gravel

In medicine, either small kidney stones or the disease that causes them.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gravel - rock fragments and pebbles crushed rockrock, stone - material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"ballast - coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroadsbank gravel, pit run, pit-run gravel - gravel as found in natural depositsshingle - coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
Verb	1.	gravel - 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"annoy, devil, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get toget under one's skin, get - irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"eat into, rankle, grate, fret - gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"peeve - cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentfulruffle - trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"fret - cause annoyance inbeset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"antagonize, antagonise - provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"displease - give displeasure to
	2.	gravel - cover with gravel; "We gravelled the driveway"cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
	3.	gravel - 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"bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, mystify, nonplus, perplex, baffle, puzzle, stupefy, amaze, vex, pose, stick, beat, getstump, mix up - cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, bedevil, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"elude, escape - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

Translations

砂砾砾石

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(ˈgravəl) noun very small stones. gravel for the garden path.砾石

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particles of rock, i.e., stones and pebbles, usually round in form and intermediate in size between sand grains and boulders. Gravel is composed of various kinds of rock, the most common constituent being the mineral quartz. Deposits of gravel are formed as a result of the weathering of rocks and the erosive and concentrating action of rivers and waves. Sometimes gravel becomes consolidated into the sedimentary rock called conglomerate. Gravel is used extensively in building roads and in making concrete. For road building it is crushed into angular particles of uniform size. One or more layers of gravel underlie the road surface. A small percentage of clay must be present to act as a binder when gravel is used in macadam for road surfaces. When used as a coarse aggregate for concreteconcrete,
structural masonry material made by mixing broken stone or gravel with sand, cement, and water and allowing the mixture to harden into a solid mass. The cement is the chemically active element, or matrix; the sand and stone are the inert elements, or aggregate.
..... Click the link for more information. , gravel must be clean and free from clay and organic matter. Commercially, it is classified according to the size of the particles. In areas where natural deposits are inadequate, gravel is produced by quarrying and crushing durable rocks, such as sandstone, limestone, or basalt.

Gravel

Small pieces of stone that are of varying sizes; used as an ingredient in concrete.

Gravel

a loose conglomeration of pebbles. Cemented gravel is one type of conglomerate. According to the petro-graphical composition of the pebbles, gravel may be classified as polymictal (pebbles of different composition), oligomictal (pebbles of two or three rocks), or monomictal (homogenous pebbles). The petrographical composition, shape, arrangement, and location of pebbles in a pebble incline determine the genetic type of gravel and establish the position of material in eroded places as well as the direction in which it has been washed out. Gravel is used as a construction material, generally in road building.

Gravel

loose rock consisting of more or less rounded rock fragments and (less frequently) various minerals with a diameter of 1–10 mm (2–20 mm, according to other information). Gravel may be classified by size as fine (1–2.5 mm), medium (2.5–5mm) and coarse (5–10 mm). It is classified by origin as fluvial, lacustrine, marine, and glacial. Gravel is used as a construction material, a coarse concrete aggregate, and a road-building material. Cemented gravel is called grit.

gravel

[′grav·əl] (geology) A loose or unconsolidated deposit of rounded pebbles, cobbles, or boulders.

gravel

A coarse granular aggregate, larger than sand; formed either naturally or by crushing rock; will pass a 76.1-mm (3-in.) sieve and be retained on a 4.76-mm (No. 4) sieve.

gravel

1. an unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments that is coarser than sand 2. Geology a mixture of rock fragments with diameters in the range 4--76 mm 3. Pathol small rough calculi in the kidneys or bladder

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noun rock fragments and pebbles

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