pave

[ US /ˈpeɪv/ ]
[ UK /pˈe‍ɪv/ ]
VERB
  1. cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic
    pave the roads in the village
NOUN
  1. a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
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How To Use pave In A Sentence

  • 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. The Waverley
  • A unique feature of VTM - 4 is that it drives the rear wheels whenever the vehicle accelerates, even on dry pavement.
  • They were going to the pelican crossing, but stepped off the kerb because they were frightened by a dog on the pavement.
  • About a year ago, we took everything out of the rooms, stripped out the floor, put in new 1-inch pavers through the whole area, and then brought in the new pasteurizer and re-piped the entire system.
  • We are trying to give the roads back to the motorist and the pavements back to pedestrians.
  • I am three and a half and I get fed up when I go for walks with my Mummy because the pavements are always so messy because of dog poo.
  • No sign of Dobson and his goon, but one bloke was stock-still on the pavement, keeping his eyes on us even when jostled. THE TARTAN RINGERS
  • The avenue had never been paved, and deep mud made it impassable in winter.
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