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Synonyms of the word 
GRAVEL → AMAZE - ANNOY - BAFFLE - BEAT - BEDEVIL - BEFUDDLE - BEWILDER - BOTHER - CACOPHONIC - CACOPHONOUS - CHAFE - CONFOUND - CONFUSE - COVER - DEVIL - DISCOMBOBULATE - DISPLEASE - DUMBFOUND - FLUMMOX - FOX - FUDDLE - GET - GRATING - GRAVELLY - IRRITATE - MYSTIFY - NARK - NETTLE - NONPLUS - PERPLEX - POSE - PUZZLE - RAG - RASPING - RASPY - RILE - ROCK - ROUGH - SCRATCHY - STICK - STONE - STUPEFY - THROW - VEXgravel- n. (uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railroads, and as ballast.
- n. A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics.
- n. (uncountable, geology) A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- n. (uncountable, archaic) Kidney stones; a deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the…
- v. (transitive) To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
- v. To puzzle or annoy.
- v. To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand.
- v. To check or stop; to embarrass; to perplex.
- v. To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot.
amaze- v. (obsolete) To stupefy; to knock unconscious.
- v. (obsolete) To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
- v. (obsolete) To terrify, to fill with panic.
- v. To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex.
- v. (intransitive) To undergo amazement; to be astounded.
- n. (now poetic) Amazement, astonishment.
annoy- v. (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant…
- v. (intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
- v. (transitive) To molest; to harm; to injure.
- n. (now rare, literary) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
- n. (now rare, literary) That which causes such a feeling.
baffle- v. (obsolete) To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.
- v. (obsolete) To hoodwink or deceive (someone).
- v. To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
- v. (now rare) To foil; to thwart.
- v. (intransitive) To struggle in vain.
- n. A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is…
- n. An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
- n. (US, dialect, coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
beat- n. A stroke; a blow.
- n. A pulsation or throb.
- n. A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is…
- n. A rhythm.
- n. The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency.
- n. A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- n. The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- n. (by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially.
- n. (dated) An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
- n. (colloquial, dated) That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.
- n. (dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
- n. (archaic) A low cheat or swindler.
- n. The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- n. (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those…
- n. (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- v. (transitive) To hit; to knock; to pound; to strike.
- v. (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- v. (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- v. (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- v. (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a…
- v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- v. (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc…
- v. To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- v. (transitive, Britain, In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price.
- v. (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
- v. To tread, as a path.
- v. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- v. To be in agitation or doubt.
- v. To make a sound when struck.
- v. (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- v. To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating…
- v. (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
- adj. (US slang) exhausted.
- adj. dilapidated, beat up.
- adj. (gay slang) fabulous.
- adj. (slang) boring.
- adj. (slang, of a person) ugly.
- n. A beatnik.
bedevil- v. To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
- v. To perplex or bewilder.
befuddle- v. (transitive) to perplex, confuse (someone).
- v. (transitive) to stupefy someone, especially with alcohol.
bewilder- v. (transitive) To confuse, puzzle or befuddle someone, especially with many different things.
- v. (transitive) To disorientate someone.
bother- v. (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.
- v. (intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.
- v. (intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
- n. Fuss, ado.
- n. Trouble, inconvenience.
- interj. A mild expression of annoyance.
cacophonic- adj. discordant.
- adj. unmusical.
cacophonous- adj. Containing, consisting of, or producing harsh, unpleasant or discordant sounds.
chafe- n. Heat excited by friction.
- n. Injury or wear caused by friction.
- n. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.
- n. (archaic) An expression of opinionated conflict.
- v. (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
- v. (transitive) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- v. (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.
- v. (intransitive) To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
- v. (intransitive) To be worn by rubbing.
- v. (intransitive) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
confound- v. To confuse; to mix up; to puzzle.
- v. To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
- v. To make something worse.
- v. To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
- v. To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
- v. (dated) To damn (a mild oath).
- v. (archaic) To bring to ruination.
- v. To stun, amaze.
- n. (statistics) a confounding variable.
confuse- v. To thoroughly mix; to confound; to disorder.
- v. (obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
- v. To mix up; to puzzle; to bewilder.
- v. To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
- v. To mistake one thing for another.
cover- n. A lid.
- n. A hiding from view.
- n. A front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
- n. A top sheet of a bed.
- n. A cover charge.
- n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
- n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
- n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square;…
- n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
- n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
- n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
- n. (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods…
- n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
- n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story.
- n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
- n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
- adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
- v. (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- v. (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- v. (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- v. (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- v. (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
- v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
- v. To deal with.
- v. To be enough money for.
- v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
- v. (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
- v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
- v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect…
- v. To provide insurance coverage for.
- v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
- v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
- v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
devil- n. (theology) A creature of hell.
- n. (theology) (the devil or the Devil) The chief devil; Satan.
- n. The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- n. A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous…
- n. A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
- n. (euphemistically, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
- n. A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil…
- n. A dust devil.
- n. (religion, Christian Science) An evil or erring entity.
- n. (dialectal, in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
- n. (cooking) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
- n. A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
- n. A Tasmanian devil.
- n. (cycling, slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
- v. To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- v. To annoy or bother; to bedevil.
- v. To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- v. To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
- v. To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
- v. To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and…
discombobulate- v. (transitive, humorous) To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
displease- v. To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend;…
- v. To fail to satisfy; to miss of.
- v. To give displeasure or offense.
dumbfound- v. (transitive) To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
flummox- v. To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.
fox- n. A red fox, small carnivore (Vulpes vulpes), related to dogs and wolves, with red or silver fur and a bushy…
- n. Any of numerous species of small wild canids resembling the red fox. In the taxonomy they form the tribe…
- n. The fur of a fox.
- n. A fox terrier.
- n. The gemmeous dragonet, a fish, Callionymus lyra, so called from its yellow color.
- n. A cunning person.
- n. (slang) A physically attractive man or woman.
- n. (nautical) A small strand of rope made by twisting several rope-yarns together. Used for seizings, mats,…
- n. (mechanics) A wedge driven into the split end of a bolt to tighten it.
- n. (obsolete) A sword; so called from the stamp of a fox on the blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox.
- v. (transitive) To trick, fool or outwit (someone) by cunning or ingenuity.
- v. (transitive) To confuse or baffle (someone).
- v. (intransitive) To act slyly or craftily.
- v. (intransitive) To discolour paper. Fox marks are spots on paper caused by humidity.
- v. (transitive) To make sour, as beer, by causing it to ferment.
- v. (intransitive) To turn sour; said of beer, etc., when it sours in fermenting.
- v. (transitive) To intoxicate; to stupefy with drink.
- v. (transitive) To repair (boots) with new front upper leather, or to piece the upper fronts of.
fuddle- v. To confuse or befuddle.
- v. To intoxicate.
- n. Intoxication.
- n. Muddle, confusion.
- n. (Britain, dialect, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Bedfordshire) A party or picnic where attendees bring…
get- v. (transitive) To obtain; to acquire.
- v. (transitive) To receive.
- v. (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.
- v. (copulative) To become.
- v. (transitive) To cause to become; to bring about.
- v. (transitive) To fetch, bring, take.
- v. (transitive) To cause to do.
- v. (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses…
- v. (transitive) To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- v. (transitive) To cause to come or go or move.
- v. (transitive) To cause to be in a certain status or position.
- v. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).
- v. (transitive) To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- v. (transitive) To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- v. (intransitive, followed by infinitive) To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity…
- v. (transitive, informal) To understand. (compare get it).
- v. (transitive, informal) To be subjected to.
- v. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
- v. (transitive) To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- v. (transitive, informal) To catch out, trick successfully.
- v. (transitive, informal) To perplex, stump.
- v. (transitive) To find as an answer.
- v. (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- v. (transitive) To hear completely; catch.
- v. (transitive) To getter.
- v. (now rare) To beget (of a father).
- v. (archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.
- v. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- v. (imperative, informal) Go away; get lost.
- v. (euphemistic) To kill.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
- n. Offspring.
- n. Lineage.
- n. (sports, tennis) A difficult return or block of a shot.
- n. Something gained.
- n. (Britain, regional) A git.
- n. (Judaism) A Jewish writ of divorce.
grating- adj. (typically of a voice) Harsh and unpleasant.
- adj. Abrasive; tending to annoy.
- n. A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
- n. A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
- n. The loose material that comes from something being grated.
- n. An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished…
- n. (nautical, in the plural) The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also,…
- v. present participle of grate.
gravelly- adj. Full of, or covered with gravel or pebbles.
- adj. (of a voice) Unpleasantly harsh or rasping.
irritate- v. (transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure.
- v. (transitive) To introduce irritability or irritation in.
- v. (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
- v. (transitive) To induce pain in (all or part of a body or organism).
- v. (obsolete) To render null and void.
mystify- v. (transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.
nark- n. (Britain, slang) A police spy or informer.
- n. (Australia, slang) An unpleasant person, especially one who makes things difficult for others; a spoilsport.
- v. (transitive, thieves' cant) To watch; to observe.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To serve or behave as a spy or informer.
- v. (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To complain.
- v. (transitive, slang, often imperative) To stop.
- n. Alternative form of narc (narcotics officer).
nettle- n. Any plant, the foliage of which is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
- n. Certain plants that have spines or prickles.
- n. Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica.
- n. Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
- v. (literally) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting causing a rash in someone.
- v. (figuratively) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone.
nonplus- n. A state of perplexity or bewilderment.
- v. (transitive) to perplex or bewilder someone; to confound or flummox.
perplex- v. (transitive) To cause to feel baffled; to puzzle.
- v. (transitive) To involve; to entangle; to make intricate or complicated.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To plague; to vex; to torment.
- adj. (obsolete) intricate; difficult.
pose- n. (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
- v. (transitive) To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
- v. (transitive) Ask; set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
- v. (transitive) To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
- v. (intransitive) Assume or maintain a pose; strike an attitude.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
- v. (obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to…
- n. Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
- n. Affectation.
- v. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
- v. (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
- v. (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).
puzzle- n. Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of.
- n. A game for one person that is more or less difficult to work out or complete.
- n. A crossword puzzle.
- n. A jigsaw puzzle.
- n. A riddle.
- n. (archaic) Something made with marvellous skill; something of ingenious construction.
- n. The state of being puzzled; perplexity.
- v. (transitive) To perplex (someone).
- v. To make intricate; to entangle.
rag- n. (in the plural) Tattered clothes.
- n. A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
- n. A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
- n. A ragged edge in metalworking.
- n. (nautical, slang) A sail, or any piece of canvas.
- n. (slang, pejorative) A newspaper, magazine.
- n. (poker) A poor, low-ranking kicker.
- v. (intransitive) To become tattered.
- n. A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
- v. To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
- v. To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
- v. To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
- v. (Britain slang) To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
- v. To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
- v. (music, obsolete) To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.
- n. (dated) A prank or practical joke.
- n. (Britain, Ireland) A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
- n. (obsolete, US) An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands.
- n. A ragtime song, dance or piece of music.
- v. (transitive, informal) To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
- v. (intransitive, informal) To dance to ragtime music.
rasping- adj. raspy.
- v. present participle of rasp.
- n. A rasping sound.
raspy- adj. (of sound) Rough, raw, especially used to describe vocal quality.
- adj. Irritable.
rile- v. to make angry.
- v. to stir or move from a state of calm or order.
rock- n. Some formations of minerals.
- n. A large hill or island having no vegetation.
- n. (figuratively) Something that is strong, stable, and dependable; a person who provides security or support…
- n. A lump or cube of ice.
- n. (Britain, uncountable) A type of confectionery made from sugar in the shape of a stick, traditionally…
- n. (US, slang) A crystallized lump of crack cocaine.
- n. Some people.
- n. Some fish.
- n. (basketball, slang) A basketball.
- n. (rock paper scissors) A closed hand (a handshape resembling a rock), that beats scissors and loses to…
- v. (transitive and intransitive) To move gently back and forth.
- v. (transitive) To cause to shake or sway violently.
- v. (intransitive) To sway or tilt violently back and forth.
- v. (transitive and intransitive, of ore etc.) To be washed and panned in a cradle or in a rocker.
- v. (transitive) To disturb the emotional equilibrium of; to distress; to greatly impact (most often positively).
- v. (intransitive) To do well or to be operating at high efficiency.
- v. (euphemistic) to make love to or have sex with someone.
- n. An act of rocking; a rocking motion; a sway.
- n. A style of music characterized by basic drum-beat, generally 4/4 riffs, based on (usually electric) guitar,…
- v. (intransitive) To play, perform, or enjoy rock music, especially with a lot of skill or energy.
- v. (intransitive, slang) To be very favourable or skilful; excel; be fantastic.
- v. (transitive) to thrill or excite, especially with rock music.
- v. (transitive) to do something with excitement yet skillfully.
- v. (transitive) To wear (a piece of clothing, outfit etc.) successfully or with style; to carry off (a particular…
- n. (countable) distaff.
- n. (uncountable) The flax or wool on a distaff.
- n. Archaic form of roc (mythical bird).
rough- adj. Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.
- adj. Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- adj. Turbulent.
- adj. Difficult; trying.
- adj. Crude; unrefined.
- adj. Violent; not careful or subtle.
- adj. Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
- adj. Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
- adj. Harsh-tasting.
- n. The unmowed part of a golf course.
- n. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
- n. (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by…
- n. The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
- n. A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming…
- n. (obsolete) Boisterous weather.
- v. To create in an approximate form.
- v. (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
- v. To render rough; to roughen.
- v. To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
- adv. In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
scratchy- adj. Characterized by scratches.
- adj. (chiefly of a sore throat) Annoying, irritating, itchy.
- adj. (informal, of an analogue radio transmission) Noisy, lossy; marred by white noise or static as a result…
- adj. (of a phonograph record) Having popping and/or crackling sounds due to excessive wear, especially from…
stick- n. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
- n. Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
- n. Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.
- n. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.
- n. (sports) A stick-like item.
- n. (sports, uncountable) Ability; specifically.
- n. (slang, dated) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking,…
- n. Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.
- n. A measure.
- v. (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
- n. (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
- n. (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
- n. A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
- v. (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
- v. (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
- v. (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
- v. (intransitive) To persist.
- v. (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
- v. (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
- v. (dated, intransitive) To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
- v. (dated, intransitive) To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
- v. (dated, intransitive) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
- v. (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
- v. (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
- v. (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
- v. (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
- v. (transitive, archaic) To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.
- v. (transitive, gymnastics) To perform (a landing) perfectly.
- v. (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
- v. (transitive, printing, slang, dated) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
- v. (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by…
- v. (dated, transitive) To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.
- v. (transitive, slang, dated) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
- adj. (informal) Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.
- n. (Britain, uncountable) Criticism or ridicule.
stone- n. (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
- n. A small piece of stone, a pebble.
- n. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
- n. (Britain, plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals,…
- n. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp…
- n. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
- n. (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon,…
- n. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- n. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the…
- n. A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
- n. (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
- n. (obsolete) A testicle.
- n. (dated, printing) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange…
- v. (transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
- v. (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
- v. (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
- v. (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive).
- v. (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when…
- adj. Constructed of stone.
- adj. Having the appearance of stone.
- adj. Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
- adj. (African American Vernacular) Used as an intensifier.
- adj. (LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
- adv. As a stone (used with following adjective).
- adv. (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).
stupefy- v. To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to dazzle.
throw- v. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
- v. (transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
- v. (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
- v. (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
- v. (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
- v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during…
- v. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal…
- v. (sports) To intentionally lose a game.
- v. (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
- v. (figuratively) To send desperately.
- v. (transitive) To imprison.
- v. To organize an event, especially a party.
- v. To roll (a die or dice).
- v. (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
- v. (transitive, bridge) To discard.
- v. (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position…
- v. (transitive) To subject someone to verbally.
- v. (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone…
- v. (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
- v. (transitive) To project or send forth.
- v. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
- v. To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles,…
- v. (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role…
- n. The flight of a thrown object.
- n. The act of throwing something.
- n. One's ability to throw.
- n. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
- n. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
- n. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
- n. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
- n. (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
- v. (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to.
- n. (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
- n. (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
- n. Misspelling of throe.
vex- v. (transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass.
- v. (transitive) To annoy, irritate.
- v. (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
- v. (transitive, rare) To twist, to weave.
- v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
- v. (transitive) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
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