Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gravel
Participle: graveled; gravelled
Gerund: graveling; gravelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | gravel |
| you | gravel |
| he;she;it | gravels |
| we | gravel |
| you | gravel |
| they | gravel |
Perfect
| I | have graveled; gravelled |
| you | have graveled; gravelled |
| he;she;it | has graveled; gravelled |
| we | have graveled; gravelled |
| you | have graveled; gravelled |
| they | have graveled; gravelled |
Past
| I | graveled; gravelled |
| you | graveled; gravelled |
| he;she;it | graveled; gravelled |
| we | graveled; gravelled |
| you | graveled; gravelled |
| they | graveled; gravelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had graveled; gravelled |
| you | had graveled; gravelled |
| he;she;it | had graveled; gravelled |
| we | had graveled; gravelled |
| you | had graveled; gravelled |
| they | had graveled; gravelled |
Future
| I | will gravel |
| you | will gravel |
| he;she;it | will gravel |
| we | will gravel |
| you | will gravel |
| they | will gravel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have graveled; gravelled |
| you | will have graveled; gravelled |
| he;she;it | will have graveled; gravelled |
| we | will have graveled; gravelled |
| you | will have graveled; gravelled |
| they | will have graveled; gravelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gravel |
| you | gravel |
| he;she;it | gravel |
| we | gravel |
| you | gravel |
| they | gravel |
Perfect
| I | have graveled; gravelled |
| you | have graveled; gravelled |
| he;she;it | have graveled; gravelled |
| we | have graveled; gravelled |
| you | have graveled; gravelled |
| they | have graveled; gravelled |
Imperfect
| I | graveled; gravelled |
| you | graveled; gravelled |
| he;she;it | graveled; gravelled |
| we | graveled; gravelled |
| you | graveled; gravelled |
| they | graveled; gravelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had graveled; gravelled |
| you | had graveled; gravelled |
| he;she;it | had graveled; gravelled |
| we | had graveled; gravelled |
| you | had graveled; gravelled |
| they | had graveled; gravelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gravel |
| you | would gravel |
| he;she;it | would gravel |
| we | would gravel |
| you | would gravel |
| they | would gravel |
Perfect
| I | would have graveled; gravelled |
| you | would have graveled; gravelled |
| he;she;it | would have graveled; gravelled |
| we | would have graveled; gravelled |
| you | would have graveled; gravelled |
| they | would have graveled; gravelled |
Imperative
| you | gravel |
| we | Let's gravel |
| you | gravel |
Verbs conjugated like 'gravel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gravel'
gavel,
grave,
graven,
grovel,
ravel,
travel,
avel,
brave,
braven,
chavel,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English gravel, grauel, from Old French gravele, diminutive of grave (“gravel, seashore”), from Medieval Latin grava, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *grāwā (“gravel, pebbles”) (compare Breton groa, Cornish grow, Welsh gro), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰroh₁weh₂, from *gʰreh₁w- (“to grind”). Compare also Old English græfa (“coal”). See: Cornish '
grow', Welsh '
gro'.
Sample Sentences
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We kept quietly on our way until we reached a place in the road that had been freshly graveled, and where the surface was covered with stones just suited to our use. [1905, John F. Hume, The Abolitionists:]
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The physician was so gravelled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say. [1579, Sir Thomas North, tr., Plutarch's Lives, The Life of Marcus Antonius]
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When you were gravelled for lack of matter. [c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:]
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[…] I arrived at a spot where I was completely gravelled, and could go no farther one way or the other; […] [1830, Joseph Plumb Martin, “Ch. VIII”, in A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier:]
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It graveled me like sixty to pay such a price, but I had to do it because the season was just between hay and grass. [1922, Herbert Quick, Vandemark's Folly:]
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1605, William Camden, “Grave Speeches and wittie Apothegms of worthy Personages of this Realm in former times,” in Remaines Concerning Britain, London: Simon Miller, sixth impression, 1657, p. 243,
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William Conqerour when he invaded this Iland, chanced at his arrival to be gravelled, and one of his feet stuck so fast in the sand, that he fell to the ground.
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the keeled gravelled on the beach [1902, Agnes C. Laut, Heralds of Empire: Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope:]