Pave

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cover with a pavement.
  • v. To cover uniformly, as if with pavement.
  • v. To be or compose the pavement of.
  • idiom. pave the way To make progress or development easier: experiments that paved the way for future research.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cover something with paving slabs
  • v. To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other covering to make a road for vehicles
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for vehicles, horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material
  • v. Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cover or lay with blocks of stone or wood, or with bricks, tiles, etc., regularly disposed, and set firmly in their places so as to make a hard level surface; in general, to cover with any kind of pavement: as, to pave a street; to pave the courtyard.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
  • v. cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic
  • Verb Form
    paved    paves    paving   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    setting    mount   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    paved    paving    paver    paving stone    pave the way    pavement   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    covert    lay    cobble    causey    pitch    slab    concrete    flag    brick    flint   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dave    Wave    aftershave    behave    brave    cave    concave    crave    deprave    engrave   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    stone-paved    unpaved    grassy    spacious    rutted    narrow    shady    circular    muddy    uneven