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# pave

verb (pave, paves, paved, paving)

«pave» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To cover a road, path or yard with a hard flat surface, such as stones, bricks, concrete or tarmac. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pave/#m1)
2. «Pave the way» means to make it easier for something to happen later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pave/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and town life, workers pave roads and driveways; a paved road is smooth and safe for bikes. In maths problems paving means covering an area with slabs: a yard 6 m by 4 m needs 24 square slabs of 1 m — area problems. In history and science, inventors «paved the way» for others. Phrases: «pave a road», «paved with», «pave the way for», «paving stone/slab».

### Examples

- The council will pave our street next month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pave/#x1)
- The yard is paved with red bricks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pave/#x2)
- How many slabs are needed to pave a 5 m by 3 m patio? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pave/#x3)
- The first pilots paved the way for space travel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pave/#x4)
- We rode our bikes on the newly paved path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pave/#x5)
- Workers were paving the car park all week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pave/#x6)
- The old track was not paved, so it was muddy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pave/#x7)
- Her hard work paved the way for her success. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pave/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: pave, paved. Noun forms: «pavement» (UK: the footpath beside a road; US: the road surface), «paving». Trap: in the UK «walk on the pavement» means the safe footpath; in the US «pavement» can mean the road. In area problems, paving = area ÷ area of one slab.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pave» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pave/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pave» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pave.html) on Mova free.