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Noun: gravel gra-vul- Rock fragments and pebbles
"They spread gravel on the driveway to improve traction"; - crushed rock Verb: gravel (gravelled,gravelling, or [US] graveled,graveling) gra-vul- [US] Cause annoyance, especially by persistent minor irritations
"His constant interruptions gravel the entire team"; - annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at [informal], irritate, rile, nark [Brit, slang], nettle, vex, chafe [archaic], devil, tick off [informal], roil [N. Amer] - Cover with gravel
"They graveled the driveway to improve traction" - Confuse or leave at a loss because of something complex or difficult to understand
- confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate [informal], perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, dumbfound
Derived forms: gravelling, gravelled, graveling, gravels, graveled Type of: affect, bear on, bear upon, cover, displease, impact, rock, stone Encyclopedia: Gravel, John |