- pave
- To cover the ground, especially in street or highway, with a hard substance. See pavement.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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pave — pave … Dictionnaire des rimes
pavé — pavé … Dictionnaire des rimes
pavé — pavé, ée 1. (pa vé, vée) part. passé de paver. 1° Garni de pavés. • Il n y a point de ville pavée comme Paris, VOLT. Louis XIV, 29. Fig. Gosier pavé, gosier supportant des boissons très fortes ou très chaudes. 2° Fig. Garni comme de… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Pave — Pave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Paving}.] [F. paver to pave, LL. pavare, from L. pavire to beat, ram, or tread down; cf. Gr. ? to beat, strike.] 1. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pave — Pavé (homonymie) Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom … Wikipédia en Français
pavé — Pavé, m. acut. Est ce qu on met pour applanir, embellir ou agencer le rez de chaussée ou d estage, soit de quarreaux, de terre cuicte, pierre de taille ou dure, soit de ciment, soit d incrustation, ou de grez, Pauimentum, duquel mot il procede:… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
pave — pave; pave·ment; pave·men·tal; pave·ment·ed; un·pave; … English syllables
pave — [ peıv ] verb transitive to put a hard flat surface on an area of ground, using bricks, blocks of stone, CONCRETE, etc: The floor was paved with marble flagstones. pave the way for something to create a situation that makes it possible or easier… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pave — UK US /peɪv/ verb ● pave the way (for/to sth) Cf. pave the way to sth … Financial and business terms
pave — [peıv] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: paver, from Latin pavire to hit, press down with the foot ] 1.) to cover a path, road, area etc with a hard level surface such as blocks of stone or ↑concrete pave with ▪ The… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pave — ► VERB ▪ cover (a piece of ground) with flat stones or bricks. ● pave the way for Cf. ↑pave the way for DERIVATIVES paver noun paving noun. ORIGIN Old French paver … English terms dictionary
