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