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Definitions for Pave

[1] to cover or lay (a road, walk, etc.) with concrete, stones, bricks, tiles, wood, or the like, so as to make a firm, level surface.
[2] Southern Louisiana . a paved road.
[3] pave the way to /for , to prepare for and facilitate the entrance of; lead up to: His analysis of the college market paved the way for their entry into textbook publishing.
[4] a pavement.
[5] Jewelry . a setting of stones placed close together so as to show no metal between them.
[6] Jewelry . in the manner of a pavé; as a pavé: diamonds set pavé.
[7] Also pa·véd, pa·véed . being set pavé: pavé rubies.
[8] to cover (a road, path, etc) with a firm surface suitable for travel, as with paving stones or concrete
[9] to serve as the material for a pavement or other hard layer bricks paved the causeway
[10] (often foll by with) to cover with a hard layer (of) shelves paved with marble
[11] to prepare or make easier (esp in the phrase pave the way ) to pave the way for future development
[12] a paved surface, esp an uneven one
[13] a style of setting gems so closely that no metal shows

Words related to Pave

surface, tile, brick, gravel, tar, flagstone, cobblestone, macadamize

Words nearby Pave

pav, pavage, pavane, pavarotti, pavarotti, luciano, pave, pave the way, pavel petrovich, pavement, pavement artist, paver

Origin of Pave

é1755–65; < French, past participle of paver. See pave

Other words from Pave

un·paved , adjective
well-paved , adjective

Word origin for Pave

C14: from Old French paver, from Latin pavīre to ram down

Synonyms for Pave

brick, cobblestone, flagstone, gravel, macadamize, surface, tar, tile, lay asphalt, lay concrete