PAVING

paving, pavage

(noun) the act of applying paving materials to an area

pavement, paving

(noun) the paved surface of a thoroughfare

paving, pavement, paving material

(noun) material used to pave an area

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

paving

present participle of pave

Noun

paving (countable and uncountable, plural pavings)

The hard durable surface placed directly atop the ground, as on a street or sidewalk.

Interior pavement, as in a cathedral.

Adjective

paving (not comparable)

Pertaining to the material used for pavement, or to the surface itself.

Anagrams

• vaping

Source: Wiktionary

Pav"ing, n.

1. The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some place with a pavement.

2. A pavement.

PAVE

Pa`vé", n. Etym: [F., from paver to pave. See Pave.]

Definition: The pavement. Nymphe du pavé ([A low euphemism.]

Pave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paved; p. pr. & vb. n. Paving.] Etym: [F. paver to pave, LL. pavare, from L. pavire to beat, ram, or tread down; cf. Gr.

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. With silver paved, and all divine with gold. Dryden. To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways. Gay.

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. It might open and pave a prepared way to his own title. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition