Library / English Dictionary

PAVE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pave" is a kind of...):

mount; setting (a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic

Example:

pave the roads in the village

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pave" is one way to...):

coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pave"):

cobble; cobblestone (pave with cobblestones)

hard surface (cover with asphalt or a similar surface)

causeway (pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles)

asphalt (cover with tar or asphalt)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pavage (a tax toward paving streets)

pavement (the paved surface of a thoroughfare)

pavement (walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway)

pavement (material used to pave an area)

paving (the act of applying paving materials to an area)

paving (the paved surface of a thoroughfare)

paving (material used to pave an area)

Credits

 Context examples: 

This aspect will pave the way for what I see next (the new moon on November 26) and offers you proof that you will be a virtual money magnet at month’s end.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It appeared to me, on looking over the tradesmen's books, as if we might have kept the basement storey paved with butter, such was the extensive scale of our consumption of that article.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

A major new insight into how hepatitis B virus works could pave the way for new drug treatments for the infection which is the major cause of liver cancer worldwide.

(Scientists A Step Closer to Drug Treatment for Hepatitis B, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Justly thought; rightly said, Miss Eyre; and, at this moment, I am paving hell with energy.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

There were the broad outer and inner bailies, not paved, but sown with grass to nourish the sheep and cattle which might be driven in on sign of danger.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It pointed out to her how near she had drawn to him, and once accepted, it paved the way for greater intimacy.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This will pave the way for preventative interventions and genetic counselling.

(Gene Causes Sudden Death in Young People, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A new antimalarial candidate could pave the way for a single-dose treatment that boosts malaria eradication when used in combination with other preventative measures.

(Antimalarial candidate holds promise as a single dose, SciDev.Net)

It ended at the paving of asphalt which led up to the gates of the Mapleton stables.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The sheep and lambs are bleating in the fields away behind me, and there is a clatter of a donkey's hoofs up the paved road below.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)