gravel vs puzzle

gravel

verb
  • To check or stop; to confound; to perplex. 

  • To hurt or lame (a horse) by gravel lodged between the shoe and foot. 

  • To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc. 

  • To puzzle or annoy. 

  • To run (as a ship) upon the gravel or beach; to run aground; to cause to stick fast in gravel or sand. 

noun
  • A type or grade of small rocks, differentiated by mineral type, size range, or other characteristics. 

  • A lameness in the foot of a horse, usually caused by an abscess. 

  • A particle from 2 to 64 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. 

  • Inability to see at night; night blindness. 

  • gravel cycling, a discipline in cycling different from road cycling, mountain biking or cyclocross, for a large part on gravel roads, typically with a dedicated gravel bike 

  • Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast. 

puzzle

verb
  • To perplex, confuse, or mystify; to cause (someone) to be faced with a mystery, without answers or an explanation. 

  • To think long and carefully, in bewilderment. 

  • To make intricate; to entangle. 

noun
  • Anything that is difficult to understand or make sense of. 

  • A riddle. 

  • The state of being puzzled; perplexity. 

  • A game for one or more people that is more or less difficult to work out or complete. 

  • A jigsaw puzzle. 

  • A crossword puzzle. 

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