transitive verb. To cover with a pavement.

transitive verb. To cover uniformly, as if with pavement.

transitive verb. To be or compose the pavement of.

idiom. (pave the way) To make progress or development easier.

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.

transitive verb. 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

transitive verb. Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way

verb. To cover something with paving slabs

verb. To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other covering to make a road for vehicles

noun. a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows

verb. cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic

"Often the pave is a spatter of the fallen mangos, its slippery condition of no import to the barefooted Tahitian, but to the shod a cause of sudden, strange gyrations and gestures, and of irreverence toward the Deity."

to pave the way  

pave the way  paved  pavement  paver  paving  

mount  setting  

Dave  Wave  aftershave  behave  brave  

asphalt  circular  concrete  grassy  moonlit  

asphalt  blacktop  brick  carpet  causeway  

paved  paves  paving