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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
paving

	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.
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            With silver paved, and all divine with gold.
                                                  --Dryden.
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            To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways.
                                                  --Gay.
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   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.
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            It might open and pave a prepared way to his own
            title.                                --Bacon.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
paving

	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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Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
paving

	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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