paving

3 definitions found

paving - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  Paving \Pav"ing\, n.
     1. The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some
        place with a pavement.
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     2. A pavement.
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paving - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  paving
      n 1: material used to pave an area [syn: paving, pavement,
           paving material]
      2: the paved surface of a thoroughfare [syn: pavement,
         paving]
      3: the act of applying paving materials to an area [syn:
         paving, pavage]