pave

[peyv] /peɪv/
verb (used with object), paved, paving.
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.
noun
2.
Southern Louisiana. a paved road.
Idioms
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.
Origin
1275-1325; Middle English paven < Middle French paver < Vulgar Latin *pavare, for Latin pavīre to beat, ram, tread down

pavé

[puh-vey, pav-ey; French pa-vey] /pəˈveɪ, ˈpæv eɪ; French paˈveɪ/
noun, plural pavés
[puh-veyz, pav-eyz; French pa-vey] /pəˈveɪz, ˈpæv eɪz; French paˈveɪ/ (Show IPA)
1.
a pavement.
2.
Jewelry. a setting of stones placed close together so as to show no metal between them.
adverb
3.
Jewelry. in the manner of a pavé; as a pavé:
diamonds set pavé.
adjective
4.
Also, pavéd, pavéed. being set pavé:
pavé rubies.
Origin
1755-65; < French, past participle of paver. See pave
Related forms
unpaved, adjective
well-paved, adjective
Examples from the web for pave
  • If you want to pave the arbor floor, do so right after setting the posts.
  • We will continue to help pave the way for adaptive professors and campuses.
  • Your candor and ability to write about mental illnesses will help pave the way for a better future.
  • First as a form in repose, she will tone down savage life, and pave the way from feeling to thought.
  • The important thing is not to pave the entire seacoast with hotels and parking lots.
  • The acquisition could pave the way for previously-unheard material by the late rapper to be released.
  • How pig manure can pave our streets-and a path to cleaner energy.
  • But again, the government needs to pave the way to make this possible.
  • He clearly wants to pave the way for a day when nuclear weapons are used only to deter other nuclear weapons.
  • And even if crucial breakthroughs remain unachieved for now, little ones help to pave the way toward a new solution.
British Dictionary definitions for pave

pave

/peɪv/
verb (transitive)
1.
to cover (a road, path, etc) with a firm surface suitable for travel, as with paving stones or concrete
2.
to serve as the material for a pavement or other hard layer: bricks paved the causeway
3.
(often foll by with) to cover with a hard layer (of): shelves paved with marble
4.
to prepare or make easier (esp in the phrase pave the way): to pave the way for future development
Derived Forms
paver, noun
Word Origin
C14: from Old French paver, from Latin pavīre to ram down

pavé

/ˈpæveɪ/
noun
1.
a paved surface, esp an uneven one
2.
a style of setting gems so closely that no metal shows
Word Origin and History for pave
v.

early 14c., "to cover (a street) with stones or other material," from Old French paver "to pave" (12c.), perhaps a back-formation from Old French pavement or else from Vulgar Latin *pavare, from Latin pavire "to beat, ram, tread down," from PIE *pau- "to cut, strike, stamp" (cf. Latin putare "to prune;" Greek paiein "to strike;" Lithuanian piauju "to cut," piuklas "saw"). Related: Paved; paving. The figurative sense of "make smooth" (as in pave the way) is attested from 1580s.