paving
[pey-ving]
Origin of paving
pave
[peyv]
- 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.
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- Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
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- 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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Origin of pave
1275–1325; Middle English paven < Middle French paver < Vulgar Latin *pavare, for Latin pavīre to beat, ram, tread down
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Examples from the Web for paving
Contemporary Examples
For us, WoodRocket is paving the way for creating a place you can come to—and come at—and stay and be entertained.
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In October 2013, the Portuguese police reopened the case in Portugal, paving the way for further investigations by Scotland Yard.
When asked how she feels about paving the way for abortion education on the Internet, Steinauer was quick to relay her enthusiasm.
In effect, the paving “stones” would be electricity-generating solar panels.
As you walk through the Maidan, you notice parts of the ground that normally would be covered in paving stones are bare.
Historical Examples
Let Old Eaton have his way, if thereby they might beguile him into paving theirs.
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
It seemed as if the sun-rays could never reach that paving, mouldy with damp.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
It is said that the Romans learned from the Carthaginians the art of paving roads.
The Railroad QuestionWilliam Larrabee
As far as these trees and these paving stones were concerned, it had worked nothing.
Notes on Life and LettersJoseph Conrad
Unwillingly, he pulled at the controls and the flier raised from the paving.
The Best Made PlansEverett B. Cole
paving
- a paved surface; pavement
- material used for a pavement, such as paving stones, bricks, or asphalt
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- of or for a paved surface or pavement
- preparatory, facilitating, enablingpaving legislation
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pave
- 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 layerbricks 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
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French paver, from Latin pavīre to ram down
pavé
- a paved surface, esp an uneven one
- a style of setting gems so closely that no metal shows
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Word Origin and History for paving
pave
v.
early 14c., "to cover (a street) with stones or other material," from Old French paver "to pave" (12c.), perhaps a back-formation from Old French pavement or else from Vulgar Latin *pavare, from Latin pavire "to beat, ram, tread down," from PIE *pau- "to cut, strike, stamp" (cf. Latin putare "to prune;" Greek paiein "to strike;" Lithuanian piauju "to cut," piuklas "saw"). Related: Paved; paving. The figurative sense of "make smooth" (as in pave the way) is attested from 1580s.
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