PAVED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paved mean? 

• PAVED (adjective)
  The adjective PAVED has 1 sense:

1. covered with a firm surface

  Familiarity information: PAVED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAVED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Covered with a firm surface

Similar:

made-up; sealed (having been paved)

Antonym:

unpaved (not having a paved surface)

 Context examples 

There were several roads nearby, but it did not take her long to find the one paved with yellow bricks.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

In the high-arched passage, paved with stone, which already she had trodden with peculiar awe, she well remembered the doors of which the general had given no account.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

There were the broad outer and inner bailies, not paved, but sown with grass to nourish the sheep and cattle which might be driven in on sign of danger.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Analyzing the crystal structure of pigments based on hibonite, a mineral found in meteorites, Subramanian has paved the way for more pigments with vivid hues that are stable, durable and non-toxic.

(Chemists find path to 'new blue' in meteorite minerals, National Science Foundation)

The sheep and lambs are bleating in the fields away behind me, and there is a clatter of a donkey's hoofs up the paved road below.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

It pointed out to her how near she had drawn to him, and once accepted, it paved the way for greater intimacy.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

We had, on our way out, to cross a paved hall, with glass sides and roof, over which a vine was trained.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Lysine went into the chains predominantly in the way it is connected in proteins today, said Nick Hud, director of the NSF/NASA Center for Chemical Evolution, which explores the chemistry that may have paved the way to first life.

(Pre-life building blocks spontaneously align in evolutionary experiment, National Science Foundation)

The setting sun shone full upon the passage floor, and I could see that the old, foot-worn grey stones with which it was paved were firmly cemented together, and had certainly not been moved for many a long year.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I will see, Mr. Utterson, said Poole, admitting the visitor, as he spoke, into a large, low-roofed, comfortable hall paved with flags, warmed (after the fashion of a country house) by a bright, open fire, and furnished with costly cabinets of oak.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)