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# paved

adjective (paved); verb (pave, paves, paved, paving)

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

## Everyday

1. Paved means covered with a hard flat surface such as stones, bricks or asphalt, so people can walk or drive on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paved/#m1)
2. To pave the way for something is to make it easier for it to happen later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paved/#m2)

### In the lessons

a road, path or yard that is covered; problems give how much has been paved and how much is left, or the area to pave; in everyday life: paved paths in the park, a paved playground; in history: the Romans built long paved roads; phrases: «paved road», «pave the way», «paving stones»

### Examples

- Workers paved 3 kilometres of road on Monday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paved/#x1)
- The path is 50 metres long and 20 metres are paved. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paved/#x2)
- How many tiles are needed to pave the yard? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paved/#x3)
- They pave 4 metres each hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paved/#x4)
- The Romans built paved roads across their empire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paved/#x5)
- We rode our bikes on the paved path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paved/#x6)
- The old track was muddy, but now it is paved. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paved/#x7)
- Her hard work paved the way for her success. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paved/#x8)
- At that time the streets were not paved, and there were no sidewalks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paved/#x9)

### Note

Marks the part of a length or area that is done; the unpaved part = total minus paved. Trap: paving an area (length × width) is not the same as paving a length. Opposite: unpaved (a dirt road). «Pavement» (UK) is the path beside a road; in the USA it is the «sidewalk».

## In Jewish tradition

Beneath God's feet was a "paved work of sapphire stone," which the elders of Israel saw at Mount Sinai.

**Interpretation.** Rashi says the sapphire brick recalls the brick of the slavery in Egypt. It was there as a reminder of the people's suffering, and it was bright when they were redeemed.

### Examples

- and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under His feet the like of a paved work of sapphire stone, and the like of the very heaven for clearness. (Torah EXO.24.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/paved/#x1)

### Note

Marks the part of a length or area that is done; the unpaved part = total minus paved. Trap: paving an area (length × width) is not the same as paving a length. Opposite: unpaved (a dirt road). «Pavement» (UK) is the path beside a road; in the USA it is the «sidewalk».

## On Mova

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