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paved

adjectiveverbattested in dialogue

  • //peɪvd//

Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.

adjective

  1. 1

    Covered in pavement; having a hard surface, as of concrete or asphalt.

  2. 2

    figurativeLaid out or made, as intentions, desires, plans, etc.

    The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

Etymology

From Middle English paved, ypavyd, equivalent to pave + -ed.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of pavesimple past and past participle of pave

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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