paving
築設;築路;築設材料
Pav·ing n.
1. The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some place with a pavement.
2. A pavement.
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Pave v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paved p. pr. & vb. n. Paving.]
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.
With silver paved, and all divine with gold. --Dryden.
To pave thy realm, and smooth the broken ways. --Gay.
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.
It might open and pave a prepared way to his own title. --Bacon.
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paving
n 1: material used to pave an area [syn: pavement]
2: the paved surface of a thoroughfare [syn: pavement]
3: the act of applying paving materials to an area [syn: pavage]