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paved

  • adjective
  • /peɪvd/

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

Other meanings

  1. Laid out or made, as intentions, desires, plans, etc.

    “The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.”

Related words

  • mispaved
  • nonpaved
  • crazy-paved
  • the streets are paved with gold
  • unpaved

Word history

From Middle English "paved".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “paved” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.