"pave" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /peɪv/ Audio: en-us-pave.ogg Forms: paves [present, singular, third-person], paving [participle, present], paved [participle, past], paved [past]
enPR: pāv Rhymes: -eɪv Etymology: From Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), from Vulgar Latin *pavāre (“to beat down, to smash”), from Latin pavīre, present active infinitive of paviō (“I beat, strike, ram, tread down”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|paver||to pave, to cover}} Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), {{der|en|VL.|*pavāre||to beat down, to smash}} Vulgar Latin *pavāre (“to beat down, to smash”), {{der|en|la|pavīre}} Latin pavīre Head templates: {{en-verb}} pave (third-person singular simple present paves, present participle paving, simple past and past participle paved)
  1. (British) To cover something with paving slabs. Tags: British Translations ((British) to cover with paving stones): daşlamaq (Azerbaijani), павирам (paviram) (Bulgarian), pavimentar (note: with asphalt) (Catalan), empedrar (note: with stones) (Catalan), 鋪砌 (Chinese Mandarin), 铺砌 (pūqì) (Chinese Mandarin), brolægge (Danish), bestraten (Dutch), betegelen (Dutch), pavimi (Esperanto), kivetä (Finnish), paver (French), mit Platten auslegen (German), lastricare (Italian), pavimentare (Italian), 敷く (shiku) (alt: しく) (Japanese), pavīmentō (Latin), grįsti (Lithuanian), išgrįsti (Lithuanian), caladar (Occitan), pavar (Occitan), pasimentar (Occitan), pavimentar (Occitan), دوشهمك (döşemek) (Ottoman Turkish), pavimentar (Portuguese), khallkiy (Quechua), мости́ть (mostítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́мостить (výmostitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ùrlaraich (english: floor) (Scottish Gaelic), pavimentar (Spanish)
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  2. (Canada, US) To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel. Tags: Canada, US Translations ((North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc): настилам (nastilam) (Bulgarian), pavimentar (note: with asphalt) (Catalan), empedrar (note: with stones) (Catalan), asfaltere (note: only with asphalt) (Danish), bestraten (Dutch), asfalteren (note: only with asphalt) (Dutch), päällystää (Finnish), kivetä (Finnish), paver (French), pavimentar (Galician), pflastern (German), bepflastern (German), 敷く (shiku) (alt: しく) (Japanese), 舗装する (hosō suru) (alt: ほそうする) (Japanese), turap (Malay), asfaltere (note: with asphalt) (Norwegian), steinlegge (note: with stones) (Norwegian), pasimentar (Occitan), pavimentar (Occitan), pavimentar (Portuguese), мости́ть (mostítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́мостить (výmostitʹ) (note: with stone) [perfective] (Russian), асфальти́ровать (asfalʹtírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), заасфальти́ровать (zaasfalʹtírovatʹ) (note: with asphalt) [perfective] (Russian), pavimentar (Spanish), asfaltar (Spanish), asfaltera (note: with asphalt) (Swedish), stenlägga (note: with stones) (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pave-en-verb-esgP6DI9 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Disambiguation of '(North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc': 37 63 1
  3. (transitive, figurative) To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-pave-en-verb-UDf0yVfa Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 26 4 18 18 4 1 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 2 19 18 2 0 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: depave, nuke and pave, pavement, paven, paver, pave the cowpath, pave the road to hell, pave the way, paving stone, unpave

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "To cover something with paving slabs."
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        "(British) To cover something with paving slabs."
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          "word": "鋪砌"
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          "word": "kivetä"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(British) to cover with paving stones",
          "word": "mit Platten auslegen"
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          "_dis1": "54 24 21",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "(British) to cover with paving stones",
          "word": "lastricare"
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          "word": "pavimentare"
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          "alt": "しく",
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          "word": "敷く"
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          "word": "pavīmentō"
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          "word": "grįsti"
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          "word": "caladar"
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          "word": "pavar"
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          "word": "pasimentar"
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          "roman": "döşemek",
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          "sense": "(British) to cover with paving stones",
          "word": "pavimentar"
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          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "(British) to cover with paving stones",
          "word": "khallkiy"
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          "roman": "mostítʹ",
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          "word": "мости́ть"
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          "english": "floor",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "roman": "nastilam",
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          "word": "pavimentar"
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          "word": "empedrar"
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          "word": "bestraten"
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          "sense": "(North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc",
          "word": "päällystää"
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          "sense": "(North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc",
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          "sense": "(North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc",
          "word": "paver"
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      "word": "pavimentar"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "(North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "pavimentar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "(North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "with stones",
      "sense": "(North American) to cover with stones, asphalt, etc",
      "word": "stenlägga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pave"
}

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