gravel (v.) Copy link Outline I. To cover with gravelII. Fig. (nearly obsol.) • gravel (v.): I. To cover with gravel: glaream injicio, 3: Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2. II. Fig. (nearly obsol.): to reduce to difficulties: Phr.: aliquem disputationum laqueis irretitum tenere, in angustias adducere: v. to entangle, embarrass. In pass., haereo, si, sum, 2: he is fairly g.'d, haeret in salebra, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84: the rascal was g.'d, he knew not which way to turn, haerebat nebulo; quo se verteret non habebat, Cic. Ph. 2, 29, 74: now the fellow is fairly g.'d, nunc homo in medio luto est, Pl. Ps. 4, 2, 27.