gravel
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(verb) cover with gravel, as of a road |
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Related Words: cover |
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| 2. |
(noun) rock fragments and pebbles |
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Synonyms: crushed rock |
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Related Words: bank gravel, pit run, pit-run gravel, rock, shingle, stone |
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(satellite adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" |
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Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough |
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(satellite adjective) made of packed earth or gravel; "a dirt road" |
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Synonyms: dirt, graveled |
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(verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, esp. by minor irritations: "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" |
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Synonyms: annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
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Related Words: antagonise, antagonize, bedevil, beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, crucify, displease, dun, eat into, fret, frustrate, get, grate, harass, harry, hassle, molest, peeve, plague, provoke, rag, rankle, ruffle, tantalize, torment |
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(verb) be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!" |
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Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, stupefy, stupify, trounce |
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Related Words: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, elude, escape, fox, fuddle, mix up, riddle, stagger, stump, throw |
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