Pave
[peɪv] or [pev]
Definition
(noun.) a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows.
(verb.) cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic; 'pave the roads in the village'.
Edited by Kathleen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The pavement.
(v. t.) To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for 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.
(v. t.) 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.
Typist: Miranda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Prepare, facilitate, smooth, expedite, adapt, fit, mature, arrange, dispose,qualify
ANT:Obstruct, indispose, disqualify
Edited by Lancelot
Definition
v.t. to lay down stone &c. to form a level surface for walking on: to prepare as a way or passage: to make easy and smooth in any way.—ns. Pā′vage Pā′viage money paid towards paving streets.—adj. Pāved—also Pā′ven.—ns. Pave′ment a paved road floor or side-walk or that with which it is paved; Pā′ver Pā′vier Pā′vior Pā′viour one who lays pavements; Pā′ving the act of laying pavement: pavement.—adj. employed or spent for paving.—Pave the way to prepare the way for.
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Examples
- Beneath a splendid dome were men of all nations, moving to and fro, over the marble pave. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He could pave the way, he said, in half an hour, and then they would go down to Brentford. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- These considerations pave the way for our second conclusion. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This must pave the way for a like principle with regard to the mind, that we have no notion of it, distinct from the particular perceptions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I left her, and set forth to pave the way for discovery--the dark and doubtful way, which began at the lawyer's door. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It comes this way--comes very faSt. How loud sounds its rattle on the paved path! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The streets were narrow, and had probably been paved before Cortez visited the country. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The bridges are of a single span--a single arch--of cut stone, without a support, and paved on top with flags of lava and ornamental pebblework. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The neighbouring streets being narrow and ill-paved, it is a little inconvenient to walk there two abreast and arm in arm. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was paved and clean, but grass was growing in every crevice. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I followed this man along a rudely-paved street, lit now by a fitful gleam of moonlight; he brought me to the inn. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As we wandered thoughtfully down the marble-paved length of this stately temple, the scene about us was strangely impressive. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He becomes proprietor of this portion of the mine, and can work it without paving any acknowledgment to the landlord. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Railroad ties and street paving blocks are ordinarily protected by oil rather than paint. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He filled the canteens and some of the wine ran out on the stone paving of the courtyard. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- After some time I drew a bill for paving the city and brought it into the Assembly. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- They had not been graded, but the paving had been done on the natural surface. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Justly thought; rightly said, Miss Eyre; and, at this moment, I am paving hell with energy. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I tell you, said Jerry, that you buried paving-stones and earth in that there coffin. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And this ingenious Napoleon paves the streets of his great cities with a smooth, compact composition of asphaltum and sand. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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