to gravel

1 4.7

To put small loose stones on a surface, for example a path

: cubrir con grava

Hadley and Josh each held one of Netta's elbows when they reached the steep, graveled part of the hillside.
graveled road
graveled drive
graveled path

Examples

l need you to go over and get the wheelbarrow, come back, and just gravel around here, okay, bud?

Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day (2009)
After a few years, someone graveled over the entire lot, and it became de facto parking for 25-30 cars.

Blog text (24)
Does it need to be paved or just graded, compacted, and graveled?

Blog text (21)
The steep one was graveled halfway up to help the woodsmen and their buffalo from slipping when there's mud.

Fiction book (1995)
We need to gravel the driveway before the winter snow arrives.
The workers will gravel the park paths to create a more stable surface.
He decided to gravel the area around the garden to prevent weeds from growing.

gravel pit

4 3.6

A hole in the ground where people dig gravel for building

bank gravel

4.8

Small stones taken from riverbanks and used under roads or buildings

pit-run gravel

7.4

A loose mix of small stones and sand taken from a gravel pit and used as is

to pave

61 2.8

to gravel

1 4.7

to sprinkle

100 1.1

to scatter

187 2.8

gravel infinitive

graveling present participle

gravels third person singular

gravelled past

gravelled past participle

Gravel as a verb comes from the noun gravel meaning 'small stones', so to gravel a path is simply to cover it with those stones.