pave (redirected from paving the way for)

pave  (pv)

tr.v. paved, pav·ing, paves

1. To cover with a pavement.

2. To cover uniformly, as if with pavement.

3. To be or compose the pavement of.

Idiom:

pave the way

To make progress or development easier: experiments that paved the way for future research.

---

[Middle English paven, from Old French paver, from Latin pavre, to beat, tread down; see pau-² in Indo-European roots.]

---

paver n.

---

pave

Verb

[paving, paved]

1. to cover (a road or area of ground) with a firm surface to make it suitable for walking or travelling on

2. pave the way for to prepare or make easier: the arrests paved the way for the biggest-ever Mafia trial [Old French paver]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pave - a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows mount, setting - a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was in a plain gold mount"
Verb	1.	pave - cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic; "pave the roads in the village" coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" cobble, cobblestone - pave with cobblestones hard surface - cover with asphalt or a similar surface; "hard-surface roads" causeway - pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles asphalt - cover with tar or asphalt; "asphalt the driveway"

---

pave

verb cover, floor, surface, flag, concrete, tile, tar, asphalt, macadamize

Translations

pave [peɪv] vt → pavimentar;

to pave the way for → preparar el terreno para

---

pave [peɪv] vt → paver, daller;

to pave the way for → ouvrir la voie à

---

pave [peɪv] vt [+ street, yard etc] → pflastern;

to pave the way for (fig) → den Weg bereiten or bahnen für

---

pave [peɪv] vt → pavimentare;

to pave the way for → aprire la via a

---

pave

v pave [peiv]

to cover (a street, path etc) with (usually large) flat stones, concrete etc to make a flat surface for walking on etc He wants to pave the garden. plavei يُعَبِّد، يَرْصُف павирам vydláždit belægge med fliser pflastern (πλακο)στρώνω pavimentar; empedrar, adoquinar (con piedras) sillutama سنگفرش کردن kivetä, laatoittaa paver לְרַצֵף खडंजा डालना, फर्शबंदी करना popločiti kikövez melapisi dengan semen dll untuk jalan helluleggja, leggja slitlag á pavimentare 舗装する 포장하다 (iš)grįsti, (nu)tiesti, kloti bruģēt menurap plaveien brulegge; legge asfalt (wy)brukować pavimentar a pava; a pietrui мостить vydláždiť tlakovati popločati stenlägga ปูพื้น taş döşemek 鋪(路等) мостити, вистилати бруківкою فرش کو پکا بنانا 铺（路等）

n pavement

(Americanˈsidewalk) a paved surface, especially a paved footpath along the sides of a road for people to walk on. plaveisel, sypaadjie رَصيف тротоар dlažba, chodník fortov der Bürgersteig πεζοδρόμιο calzada, pavimento kõnnitee پیاده رو؛ راه سنگفرش شده jalkakäytävä trottoir מִדרָכָה खडंजा, फर्श, पत्थरी pločnik,kolnik járda trotoar gangstétt marciapiede 歩道 (특히 포장한) 인도 šaligatvis, grindinys ietve, trotuārs laluan jalan kaki trottoir brulegging, veidekke; fortau chodnik, bruk passeio trotuar тротуар chodník pločnik trotoar trottoar บาทวิถี kaldırım 鋪過路面的道路 тротуар; бруківка پکا فٹ پاتھ vỉa hè 铺过路面的道路

n paving-stone

a large flat stone or piece of concrete used for paving. plaveiklip حَجَر الرَّصْف او التَّبْليط паве dlažební kámen flise der Pflasterstein πλάκα πεζοδρομίου adoquín, losa sillutuskivi سنگفرش kivilaatta pavé אֶבֶן רִיצוּף फर्शी पत्थर kamen za pločenje kövezőkő ubin untuk trotoar gangstéttarhella (pietra da selciato) 敷石 포석(鋪石) grindinio akmuo bruģakmens batu turap straatsteen brustein kamień brukowy paralelipípedo pavea, piatră folosită la pavaje брусчатка, булыжник dlažbový kameň tlakovalni kamen kocka za popločavanje gatsten หินแบนสำหรับทำทางเดิน kaldırım taşı 鋪路石 булижник; брущатка پختہ راستہ بنانے کا پتھر đá lát hè 铺路石