A road being paved with asphalt.
An example of pave is to put down concrete to smooth a cracked driveway.
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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 the way (for)
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, pave
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pave
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
Origin of pave
French from past participle of paver to pave from Old French; see pave .Related Forms:
- pa·vé
adjective
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(third-person singular simple present paves, present participle paving, simple past and past participle paved)
From Old French < Vulgar Latin *pavÄre < Latin pavÄ«re, present active infinitive of paviÅ.
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