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Antonyms for paving

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pey-ving
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpeɪ vɪŋ

Definition of paving

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 :
  • Let Old Eaton have his way, if thereby they might beguile him into paving theirs.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • It seemed as if the sun-rays could never reach that paving, mouldy with damp.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • It is said that the Romans learned from the Carthaginians the art of paving roads.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • As far as these trees and these paving stones were concerned, it had worked nothing.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • Unwillingly, he pulled at the controls and the flier raised from the paving.
  • Extract from : « The Best Made Plans » by Everett B. Cole
  • The cost of the paving of the Nave has much exceeded the sum anticipated.
  • Extract from : « Ely Cathedral » by Anonymous
  • After some time I drew a bill for paving the city, and brought it into the Assembly.
  • Extract from : « Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin » by Benjamin Franklin
  • Thus has slavery furnished the means of paving the way to treason!
  • Extract from : « Daring and Suffering: » by William Pittenger
  • Then the hand relaxed and the sliver of steel clattered to the paving.
  • Extract from : « Alarm Clock » by Everett B. Cole
  • The feature of the apparatus in its application to paving work is the conveyor.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette

Synonyms for paving

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