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Pa·vé n. The pavement.
Nymphe du pavé a prostitute who solicits in the street; a streetwalker. [A low euphemism.]
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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pave
n : a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal
shows
v : cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make
suitable for vehicle traffic; "pave the roads in the
village"