pav

n. [ F. pavane; cf. It. & Sp. pavana, and Sp. pavon, pavo, a peacock, L. pavo. ] A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock. [ Written also pavane, paven, pavian, and pavin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Paved p. pr. & vb. n. Paving. ] [ F. paver to pave, LL. pavare, from L. pavire to beat, ram, or tread down; cf. Gr. pai`ein to beat, strike. ] 1. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for vehicles, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

With silver paved, and all divine with gold. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

It might open and pave a prepared way to his own title. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., from paver to pave. See Pave. ] The pavement. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖Nymphe du pavé a prostitute who solicits in the street; a streetwalker. [ A low euphemism. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. covered with a firm surface; -- of pathways or roadways. [ Narrower terms: asphalt, macadam, macadamized, tarmac, tarmacadam; blacktopped, brick, cobblestone, cobblestoned ] [ Ant: unpaved ]
Syn. -- hard-surfaced, surfaced, made-up [ British ], sealed [ Australian ]. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., fr. LL. pavamentum, L. pavimentum. See Pave. ] That with which anything is 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pavement teeth (Zool.), flattened teeth which in certain fishes, as the skates and cestracionts, are arranged side by side, like tiles in a pavement. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish with a pavement; to pave. [ Obs. ] “How richly pavemented!” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pavan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who paves; one who lays a pavement. [ Written also pavier and pavior. ] [ 1913 Webster ]