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# paving

noun (paving, uncountable); verb form (-ing of pave: pave, paves, paved, paving)

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

## Everyday

1. Paving is flat stones, bricks or slabs used to cover the ground to make a path, patio or pavement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paving/#m1)
2. Paving is the act of covering ground with these. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paving/#m2)
3. "Paving the way" means making it easier for something to happen later. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paving/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday safety, cracked or uneven paving can make people trip; British and Irish English call the footpath beside a road the pavement, Americans call it the sidewalk. Phrases: "paving stones", "paving slabs", "crazy paving", "pave the way".

### Examples

- Watch out for the loose paving stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paving/#x1)
- Workers are paving the new path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paving/#x2)
- Crazy paving is made of odd-shaped stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paving/#x3)
- Weeds grow between the paving slabs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paving/#x4)
- Her brave work paved the way for others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paving/#x5)
- Don't step on the cracks in the paving! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paving/#x6)
- He was counting the paving stones, as he had done a thousand times before. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paving/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: "some paving", but countable "paving stones". Verb drops the e: pave, paving.

## On Mova

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