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pave
1[ peyv ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
noun
- Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
pavé
2[ puh-vey, pav-ey; French pa-vey ]
noun
- a pavement.
- Jewelry. a setting of stones placed close together so as to show no metal between them.
adverb
- Jewelry. in the manner of a pavé; as a pavé:
diamonds set pavé.
adjective
- Also pa·véd, pa·véed. being set pavé:
pavé rubies.
pave
1/ peɪv /
verb
- 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
pavé
2/ ˈpæveɪ /
noun
- a paved surface, esp an uneven one
- a style of setting gems so closely that no metal shows
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Derived Forms
- ˈpaver, noun
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Other Words From
- un·paved adjective
- well-paved adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pave1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pave1
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Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
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Example Sentences
The terrific "Louis Quatorze pavé," which one finds around Paris, is yearly growing less and less in quantity.
The authorities are improving things, but it will be some time yet before Belgium is as free from pavé as is France.
We went from Brussels to Ghent, forty-eight kilometres, and still over pavé.
This 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.
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