Pave

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pav'e \Pa`v['e]"\, n. [F., from paver to pave. See {Pave}.]
     The pavement.
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     {Nymphe du pav['e]}, a prostitute who solicits in the street;
        a streetwalker. [A low euphemism.]


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pave \Pave\ (p[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paved} (p[=a]vd); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Paving}.] [F. paver to pave, LL. pavare, from
     L. pavire to beat, ram, or tread down; cf. Gr. pai`ein to
     beat, strike.]
     1. 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;
        as, to pave a street; to pave a court.
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              With silver paved, and all divine with gold.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways.
                                                    --Gay.
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     2. Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a
        path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the
        way for an enterprise.
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              It might open and pave a prepared way to his own
              title.                                --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pave
       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; "pave the roads in the
           village"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "pave":
     asphalt, blacktop, carpet, causeway, cement, cobblestone, concrete,
     cover, ease, facilitate, flag, floor, metal, pebble, surface, tar,
     tarmac, tile