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# gravel

noun (gravel — uncountable); verb (gravel, gravels, gravelled/graveled, gravelling/graveling — rare)

«gravel» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Lots of small stones and bits of rock, used for paths, driveways and roads, or found in rivers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravel/#m1)
2. (gravelly, of a voice) Low and rough-sounding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravel/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and science: gravel is made when rocks are broken by water and weather; it lets water drain through, so it is used under paths and in fish tanks. In safety: bikes can skid on loose gravel. Phrases: «a gravel path», «gravel road», «crunch on the gravel».

### Examples

- The car crunched over the gravel driveway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravel/#x1)
- We put gravel at the bottom of the fish tank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravel/#x2)
- I fell off my bike on the loose gravel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravel/#x3)
- The river bed was covered with gravel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravel/#x4)
- Gravel lets rainwater drain away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravel/#x5)
- The old farm road is just gravel, not tarmac. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravel/#x6)
- So he trotted off to the gravel path near the house, and sat down to think. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravel/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: «some gravel», «a bag of gravel», not «a gravel». A single piece is a stone or pebble. Adjective: gravelly (a gravelly voice). Gravel is bigger than sand and smaller than pebbles.

## In Jewish tradition

Small stones. Proverbs says dishonest gain turns to gravel in the mouth, and Lamentations speaks of teeth broken on it.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads the proverb as warning that cheating may taste sweet but ends in bitterness. Lamentations uses the picture to show the pain of exile.

### Examples

- Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. (Writings PRO.20.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gravel/#x1)
- He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes. (Writings LAM.3.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gravel/#x2)

### Note

Uncountable: «some gravel», «a bag of gravel», not «a gravel». A single piece is a stone or pebble. Adjective: gravelly (a gravelly voice). Gravel is bigger than sand and smaller than pebbles.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gravel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gravel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «gravel» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/G/gravel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gravel» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/gravel.html) on Mova free.