v.tr.
1. a cover (a street, floor, etc.) with paving etc. b cover or strew (a floor etc.) with anything (paved with flowers).
2 prepare (paved the way for her arrival).
Phrases and idioms:
paving-stone a large flat usu. rectangular piece of stone etc. for paving.
Derivatives:
paver n. paving n. pavior n. (also paviour).
Etymology: ME f. OF paver, back-form. (as PAVEMENT)