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gravel
  • n  rock fragments and pebbles
  • v  cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
  • v  cover with gravel
    We gravelled the driveway
  • v  be a mystery or bewildering to
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gravelweed
  • n  perennial herb with yellow flowers; southern and south central United States
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greaseball
  • n  (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent
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graver
  • n  a tool used by an engraver
  • s  dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
  • s  causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
  • s  of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
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graverobber
  • n  someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts
  • n  someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
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graves
  • n  English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)
  • n  death of a person
  • n  a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
  • n  a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
  • n  German tennis player who won seven women's singles titles at Wimbledon (born in 1969)
  • v  shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
  • v  carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
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graves' disease
  • n  exophthalmos occurring in association with goiter; hyperthyroidism with protrusion of the eyeballs
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