pave
/peɪv/
pave verb: to cover something with paving slabs.
Verb
pave (third-person singular simple present paves, present participle paving, simple past and past participle paved)
- To cover something with paving slabs.
- To cover with stone, concrete, blacktop or other solid covering, especially to aid travel.
- They paved Paradise and put up a parking lot.1970, Joni Mitchell, “Big Yellow Taxi”, in Ladies of the Canyon
- To pave the way for; to make easy and smooth.
- After two weeks Miguel began to circulate freely about the city in his truck, albeit with the long, chrome-plated pistol cocked and ready on his lap. It wouldn't be for three more years that Gonzo would tell Miguel about the secret leverage that paved his path to freedom.2011, Rice Baker-Yeboah, The Animal Pathways 1-2, page 110
pave meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
pave in Tamil
- வழி செய்
pave in Urdu
- فرش بچھانا
pave in Bengali
- বাঁধানো, পাকা করা
pave in Malayalam
- തറപാവുക, കല്ലുപാവുക, നിരത്തുക
More languagesFewer languages
- pave in Kannada
- ಹೊದೆಸು, ನೆಲೆಗಟ್ಟು ಮಾಡು, ಹದಿ
- pave in Malay
- turap
Examples of pave in a sentence
- To compensate me for his tree landing on my shed, my neighbor paved my driveway.
- Not only were the streets not paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
- Germany's development of rocket weapons paved the way for human controlled spaceflight.
Forms of pave
| third-person singular present | paves |
|---|---|
| present participle | paving |
| past participle | paved |
| past | paved |
Origin of pave
From Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), from Vulgar Latin *pavāre (“to beat down, to smash”), from Latin pavīre (“to beat, strike, ram, tread down”).
Words formed from pave
Words that rhyme with pave
Questions about pave
- What does pave mean?
- Pave means to cover something with paving slabs.
- What is pave in Tamil?
- Pave in Tamil is வழி செய். See Pave meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pave?
- Pave is a verb.
- How do you pronounce pave?
- Pave is pronounced /peɪv/.
- What is the past tense of pave?
- The past tense of pave is paved.
Words near pave in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pave (page history and authors); pave (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pave (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Pave (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pave (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pave (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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