Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a pavement.
- Resembling pavement; formed into a structure or combination like pavement: as, the paved teeth of some fishes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective covered with a firm surface; -- of pathways or roadways.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Covered in
pavement ; having a hard surface, as ofconcrete orasphalt . - adjective figuratively Laid out or made, as intentions, desires, plans, etc.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
pave .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective covered with a firm surface
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Examples
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Back then it was a scratched existence like hundreds of unseen small villages far off the main paved Carretera, throughout Mexico where life was what it was.
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Back then it was a scratched existence like hundreds of unseen small villages far off the main paved Carretera, throughout Mexico where life was what it was.
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Back then it was a scratched existence like hundreds of unseen small villages far off the main paved Carretera, throughout Mexico where life was what it was.
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Back then it was a scratched existence like hundreds of unseen small villages far off the main paved Carretera, throughout Mexico where life was what it was.
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Back then it was a scratched existence like hundreds of unseen small villages far off the main paved Carretera, throughout Mexico where life was what it was.
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Back then it was a scratched existence like hundreds of unseen small villages far off the main paved Carretera, throughout Mexico where life was what it was.
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For those women who do become mothers, however, medical advances have again paved the way.
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“Town” is basically a strip of hotels and restaurants along the side of this main paved road that heads into the park.
mikumi jen 2005
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“Town” is basically a strip of hotels and restaurants along the side of this main paved road that heads into the park.
Archive 2005-07-01 jen 2005
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This outward style of growth has also left behind brownfields, areas contaminated (or perceived to be contaminated) with chemicals, and grayfields - areas that are no longer used but which remain paved over.
Living in Dryden: Smart Growth can be profitable in many ways 2004
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