HTTP/2 200
date: Wed, 08 Oct 2025 20:50:34 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8
content-security-policy-report-only: default-src 'self';img-src 'self' data: https://flickr.com https://*.flickr.com https://s.gravatar.com https://s.gravatar.com/avatar https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar https://i1.wp.com/cdn.auth0.com/avatars https://cdn.auth0.com/avatars https://g.stripe.com/ https://ssl.google-analytics.com https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/ https://farm66.static.flickr.com https://www.google-analytics.com https://tpc.googlesyndication.com https://pbs.twimg.com https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net https://*.amazon-adsystem.com https://fundingchoicesmessages.google.com https://*.3lift.com https://ams-pageview-public.s3.amazonaws.com https://www.google.com https://syndication.twitter.com https://image8.pubmatic.com https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net https://*.googleusercontent.com;base-uri 'self';font-src 'self' https: data:;frame-ancestors 'self';frame-src https://js.stripe.com https://platform.twitter.com/ https://syndication.twitter.com/ https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/ https://*.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/ https://www.google.com/ https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/;connect-src 'self' https: https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ppub_config https://bam.nr-data.net/events/1/cb925c8058;object-src none;script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' report-sample https://js.stripe.com/v3/ https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.min.js https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.slim.min.js https://code.jquery.com/jquery-migrate-1.4.1.min.js https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/popper.js@1.16.0/dist/umd/popper.min.js https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.4.1/js/bootstrap.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/validate.js/0.13.1/validate.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.3/underscore-min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/list.js/1.5.0/list.min.js https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js https://www.googletagmanager.com/ https://ssl.google-analytics.com/ga.js https://js-agent.newrelic.com/nr-spa-1184.min.js https://fundingchoicesmessages.google.com https://bam.nr-data.net https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net https://www.googletagservices.com https://adservice.google.com https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/tether/1.4.0/js/tether.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.9/umd/popper.min.js https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/clipboard@2.0.8/dist/clipboard.min.js https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/howler/2.1.1/howler.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/validator/10.9.0/validator.min.js https://*.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/ https://*.googlesyndication.com/ https://platform.twitter.com/js/ https://cdn.ampproject.org https://www.google-analytics.com https://adservice.google.be https://adservice.google.ca https://adservice.google.co.id https://adservice.google.co.mz https://adservice.google.co.th https://adservice.google.co.uk https://adservice.google.co.za https://adservice.google.com.au https://adservice.google.com.ec https://adservice.google.com.hk https://adservice.google.com.ng https://adservice.google.com.np https://adservice.google.com.ph https://adservice.google.com.sa https://adservice.google.de https://adservice.google.es https://adservice.google.fi https://adservice.google.fr https://adservice.google.ie https://adservice.google.it https://adservice.google.lk https://adservice.google.lt https://adservice.google.nl https://adservice.google.no https://adservice.google.rs https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net;script-src-attr none;style-src 'self' https: 'unsafe-inline' report-sample;report-uri https://5f9d927665d1a16209ba908c.endpoint.csper.io
x-dns-prefetch-control: off
expect-ct: max-age=0
x-frame-options: SAMEORIGIN
strict-transport-security: max-age=15552000; includeSubDomains
x-download-options: noopen
x-content-type-options: nosniff
x-permitted-cross-domain-policies: none
referrer-policy: origin-when-cross-origin
x-xss-protection: 0
etag: W/"122f2-8MrKLrpcjt/IQbbFgFym5aLdUfY"
set-cookie: cookienik=eyJjc3JmU2VjcmV0IjoiOWV0Nk9TdmlvYzJxWTM4RDF0OXJWd2NDIn0=; path=/; expires=Sat, 11 Oct 2025 20:50:34 GMT; domain=wordnik.com; secure; httponly
set-cookie: cookienik.sig=NcgD2cUV0BBFoVczQ_cgAAe0Trs; path=/; expires=Sat, 11 Oct 2025 20:50:34 GMT; domain=wordnik.com; secure; httponly
vary: Accept-Encoding
content-encoding: gzip
paving - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun The act or technique of laying pavement.
noun A pavement.
noun Material used for pavement.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun The laying of floors, streets, etc., with pavement, Pavement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some place with a pavement.
noun A pavement.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb Present participle of pave .
noun The hard durable surface placed directly atop the ground, as on a street or sidewalk.
noun Interior pavement , as in a cathedral.
adjective Pertaining to the material used for pavement , or to the surface itself.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun the act of applying paving materials to an area
noun the paved surface of a thoroughfare
noun material used to pave an area
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word paving .
Examples
As Secofi's Luis de la Calle has said: "Nafta has been instrumental in paving the road for stronger economic growth and employment in the years ahead."
Nafta At Five 2006
As Secofi's Luis de la Calle has said: "Nafta has been instrumental in paving the road for stronger economic growth and employment in the years ahead."
Nafta At Five 2006
The houses are up, and the paving is coming .... manana. julietl
hard to get favorite foods 2005
The broken paving is bad enough but, at least for me, this can generally be avoided.
SMA Sidewalks 2004
The broken paving is bad enough but, at least for me, this can generally be avoided.
SMA Sidewalks 2004
The broken paving is bad enough but, at least for me, this can generally be avoided.
SMA Sidewalks 2004
The broken paving is bad enough but, at least for me, this can generally be avoided.
SMA Sidewalks 2004
The broken paving is bad enough but, at least for me, this can generally be avoided.
SMA Sidewalks 2004
The broken paving is bad enough but, at least for me, this can generally be avoided.
SMA Sidewalks 2004
The broken paving is bad enough but, at least for me, this can generally be avoided.
SMA Sidewalks 2004
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.