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paving![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 ![]() Pave \Pave\ (p[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paved (p[=a]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Paving.] [F. paver to pave, LL. pavare, from L. pavire to beat, ram, or tread down; cf. Gr. pai`ein to beat, strike.] 1. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for vehicles, horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court. [1913 Webster] With silver paved, and all divine with gold. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways. --Gay. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise. [1913 Webster] It might open and pave a prepared way to his own title. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] ![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 ![]()
Paving \Pav"ing\, n.
1. The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some
place with a pavement.
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2. A pavement.
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paving
n 1: material used to pave an area [syn: pavement]
2: the paved surface of a thoroughfare [syn: pavement]
3: the act of applying paving materials to an area [syn: pavage]
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