pave
to cover or lay (a road, walk, etc.) with concrete, stones, bricks, tiles, wood, or the like, so as to make a firm, level surface.
Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
Idioms about pave
pave the way to / for, to prepare for and facilitate the entrance of; lead up to: His analysis of the college market paved the way for their entry into textbook publishing.
Origin of pave
1Other definitions for pavé (2 of 2)
a pavement.
Jewelry. a setting of stones placed close together so as to show no metal between them.
Jewelry. in the manner of a pavé; as a pavé: diamonds set pavé.
Also pa·véd, pa·véed . being set pavé: pavé rubies.
Origin of pavé
2Other words from pavé
- un·paved, adjective
- well-paved, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use pave in a sentence
The terrific "Louis Quatorze pavé," which one finds around Paris, is yearly growing less and less in quantity.
The Automobilist Abroad | M. F. (Milburg Francisco) MansfieldThe authorities are improving things, but it will be some time yet before Belgium is as free from pavé as is France.
The Automobilist Abroad | M. F. (Milburg Francisco) MansfieldWe went from Brussels to Ghent, forty-eight kilometres, and still over pavé.
The Automobilist Abroad | M. F. (Milburg Francisco) MansfieldThis order was given out and within half an hour the Battalion was on the pavé road, marching towards Ypres.
At length we emerged from the slough, and about daylight on the third morning were rumbled over the pavé of Pittsburg.
Impressions of America | Tyrone Power
British Dictionary definitions for pave (1 of 2)
/ (peɪv) /
to cover (a road, path, etc) with a firm surface suitable for travel, as with paving stones or concrete
to serve as the material for a pavement or other hard layer: bricks paved the causeway
(often foll by with) to cover with a hard layer (of): shelves paved with marble
to prepare or make easier (esp in the phrase pave the way): to pave the way for future development
Origin of pave
1Derived forms of pave
- paver, noun
British Dictionary definitions for pavé (2 of 2)
/ (ˈpæveɪ) /
a paved surface, esp an uneven one
a style of setting gems so closely that no metal shows
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse