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Antonyms for pave

Grammar : Verb
Spell : peyv
Phonetic Transcription : peɪv

Definition of pave

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to cover (a street) with stones or other material," from Old French paver "to pave" (12c.), perhaps a back-formation from Old French pavement or else from Vulgar Latin *pavare, from Latin pavire "to beat, ram, tread down," from PIE *pau- "to cut, strike, stamp" (cf. Latin putare "to prune;" Greek paiein "to strike;" Lithuanian piauju "to cut," piuklas "saw"). Related: Paved; paving. The figurative sense of "make smooth" (as in pave the way) is attested from 1580s.
  • verb cover with asphalt, concrete
Example sentences :
  • It is your part to pave the way for this deception; mine to maintain it.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • These are accomplishments which one and all will pave the way to make contempt impossible.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalry General » by Xenophon
  • Above their heads screamed the shells which were to pave the way for their advance.
  • Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
  • It was not—but why should I go on saying what it was not to pave the way to saying what it was?
  • Extract from : « The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti » by David Christie Murray
  • We often see that evil succeeds by using that to pave the way.
  • Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness
  • I wish you to go to her, and pave the way for a visit from me.
  • Extract from : « The Hindered Hand » by Sutton E. Griggs
  • The streets do not run with milk; nor in the spring-time do they pave them with fresh eggs.
  • Extract from : « Moby Dick; or The Whale » by Herman Melville
  • She would stop near Aunt Emily, and pave the way for an apology.
  • Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
  • You gather gold:—will you make your house-roofs of it, or pave your streets with it?
  • Extract from : « The Crown of Wild Olive » by John Ruskin
  • Or shall I have a quiet chat with her first, and pave the way, so to speak?
  • Extract from : « Love at Paddington » by W. Pett Ridge

Synonyms for pave

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