A road being paved with asphalt.
Pave is to cover a surface in order to make a smooth and level.
An example of pave is to put down concrete to smooth a cracked driveway.
pave
transitive verb
paved, pav′ing- to cover over the surface of (a road, etc.), as with concrete, asphalt, or brick
- to be the top surface or covering of
- to cover closely or thickly; overlay
Origin of pave
Middle English paven from Old French paver from Vulgar Latin an unverified form pavare, for Classical Latin pavire, to ram, beat from Indo-European base an unverified form p?u-, to strike, chop from source Lithuanian piauti, Classical Latin putare, to cutpave Idioms
pave the way (for)
to prepare the way (for); facilitate the introduction (of)
pavé
- Archaic pavement
- a setting of jewelry in which the gems are placed close together so that no metal shows
Origin of pavé
Fr, origin, originally past participle of Old French paver, pavepave
transitive verb
paved, pav·ing, paves- To cover with a pavement.
- To cover uniformly, as if with pavement.
- To be or compose the pavement of.
Origin of pave
Middle English paven from Old French paver from Latin pavīre to beat, tread down ; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- pav′er
noun
noun
A setting of precious stones placed together so closely that no metal shows: diamonds in pavé.
Origin of pave
French from past participle of paver to pave from Old French; see pave .Related Forms:
- pa·vé
adjective
pave
Verb
(third-person singular simple present paves, present participle paving, simple past and past participle paved)
Origin
From Old French < Vulgar Latin *pavÄre < Latin pavÄ«re, present active infinitive of paviÅ.
