'Paved' definitions:
Definition of 'Paved'
From: GCIDE
- Pave \Pave\ (p[=a]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paved (p[=a]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Paving.] [F. paver to pave, LL. pavare, from L. pavire to beat, ram, or tread down; cf. Gr. pai`ein to beat, strike.]
- 1. To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for vehicles, horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court. [1913 Webster]
- With silver paved, and all divine with gold. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To make smooth, easy, and safe; to prepare, as a path or way; as, to pave the way to promotion; to pave the way for an enterprise. [1913 Webster]
- It might open and pave a prepared way to his own title. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'paved'
From: GCIDE
- paved \paved\ adj.
- 1. covered with a firm surface; -- of pathways or roadways. [Narrower terms: {asphalt, macadam, macadamized, tarmac, tarmacadam}; blacktopped, brick, {cobblestone, cobblestoned}] [Ant: unpaved]
- Syn: hard-surfaced, surfaced, made-up [British], sealed [Australian]. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'paved'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- armored,
- cased,
- ceiled,
- cloaked,
- clouded,
- coated,
- coped,
- covered,
- covert,
- cowled,
- curtained,
- eclipsed,
- encapsulated,
- encapsuled,
- encased,
- enveloped,
- enwrapped,
- filmed,
- floored,
- hooded,
- housed,
- loricate,
- loricated,
- mantled,
- masked,
- muffled,
- obscured,
- occulted,
- packaged,
- roofed-in,
- screened,
- scummed,
- sheathed,
- shelled,
- shielded,
- shrouded,
- swathed,
- tented,
- under cover,
- veiled,
- walled,
- walled-in,
- wrapped