Category:Pave

Pa`vé", n. Etym: [f., from paver to pave. See pave.]

Defn: the pavement. Nymphe du pavé ([a low euphemism.]

Pave Pave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paved; p. pr. & vb. n. Paving.] Etym: [f. Paver to pave, ll. pavare, from l. pavire to beat, ram, or tread Down; cf. Gr.

1. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to Make a firm, level, or convenient surface for 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. With silver paved, and all divine with gold. Dryden. To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways. Gay.

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. It might open and pave a prepared way to his own title. Bacon.