Difference between covering and pave
Definitions
noun
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- the act of protecting something by covering it
- the work of applying something
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
Examples
Meanwhile, the sister is trying to maintain standards and dignity, washing her clothes and covering her body.
So maybe BP isn't the best example yet, but clearly businesses that embrace principles of social entrepreneurship--discovering how to "unstick" society when it has gotten stuck, by changing the system--are having widespread impact in making the new buzzphrase "social value" the litmus test for success for not only social entrepreneurs but profit-oriented businesses, too.
So while artists in 1860s Paris were discovering the beauty of Japanese "floating world" — or ukiyo-e — woodblock prints, many Japanese artists were heading to Yokohama, scouring European publications and creating their own genre of exotica: the Yokohama-e.
Definitions
verb
- cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic
noun
- a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
Examples
Well, suddenly without any warning, a couple of weeks ago, men and machines arrived and started digging up the road and pavement and generally causing the usual traffic chaos.
She had sore feet from walking on hard pavements all day.
They stood, without any respect for regularity, on each side of a straggling kind of unpaved street, where children, almost in a primitive state of nakedness, lay sprawling, as if to be crushed by the hoofs of the first passing horse.
