Pave
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. To lay or cover with stone or brick so as to make a level or convenient surface for horses, carriages or foot passengers; to floor with brick or stone; as, to pave a street; to pave a side-walk; to pave a court or stable.
2. To prepare a passage; to
facilitate the introduction of. The invention of printing
paved the way for intellectual improvement.
Pave
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court.
2. Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise.
Paved
[Participle passive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
Laid over with stones or bricks; prepared; as a way.
Pavement
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
A floor or covering consisting of stones or bricks, laid on the earth in such a manner as to make a hard and convenient passage; as a pavement of pebbles, of bricks, or of marble.
Pavement
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
To
pave; to floor with stone or brick. [Unusual.]
Pavement
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
That with which anythingis
paved; a floor or covering of solid material, laid so as to make a hard and convenient surface for travel; a
paved road or
sidewalk; a decorative interior floor of
tiles or colored bricks.
Pavement
[Verb transitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
To furnish with a pavement; to
pave.
Paver
[\N]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
2.
PA'VIER, noun One who lays stones for a floor, or whose occupation is to
pave.
Paver
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Pavesade
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
A
canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to
conceal from the enemy the operations on board.