Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pave
Participle: paved
Gerund: paving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pave |
| you | pave |
| he;she;it | paves |
| we | pave |
| you | pave |
| they | pave |
Perfect
| I | have paved; paven |
| you | have paved; paven |
| he;she;it | has paved; paven |
| we | have paved; paven |
| you | have paved; paven |
| they | have paved; paven |
Past
| I | paved |
| you | paved |
| he;she;it | paved |
| we | paved |
| you | paved |
| they | paved |
Pluperfect
| I | had paved; paven |
| you | had paved; paven |
| he;she;it | had paved; paven |
| we | had paved; paven |
| you | had paved; paven |
| they | had paved; paven |
Future
| I | will pave |
| you | will pave |
| he;she;it | will pave |
| we | will pave |
| you | will pave |
| they | will pave |
Future Perfect
| I | will have paved; paven |
| you | will have paved; paven |
| he;she;it | will have paved; paven |
| we | will have paved; paven |
| you | will have paved; paven |
| they | will have paved; paven |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pave |
| you | pave |
| he;she;it | pave |
| we | pave |
| you | pave |
| they | pave |
Perfect
| I | have paved; paven |
| you | have paved; paven |
| he;she;it | have paved; paven |
| we | have paved; paven |
| you | have paved; paven |
| they | have paved; paven |
Imperfect
| I | paved |
| you | paved |
| he;she;it | paved |
| we | paved |
| you | paved |
| they | paved |
Pluperfect
| I | had paved; paven |
| you | had paved; paven |
| he;she;it | had paved; paven |
| we | had paved; paven |
| you | had paved; paven |
| they | had paved; paven |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pave |
| you | would pave |
| he;she;it | would pave |
| we | would pave |
| you | would pave |
| they | would pave |
Perfect
| I | would have paved; paven |
| you | would have paved; paven |
| he;she;it | would have paved; paven |
| we | would have paved; paven |
| you | would have paved; paven |
| they | would have paved; paven |
Imperative
| you | pave |
| we | Let's pave |
| you | pave |
Verbs conjugated like 'pave'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pave'
cave,
dave,
fave,
have,
lave,
pace,
page,
pale,
pane,
pare,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1310, "to cover with a pavement," from O.Fr.
paver (12c.), from V.L.
*pavare, from L.
pavire "to beat, ram, tread down," from PIE
*pau- "to cut, strike, stamp" (cf. L.
putare "to prune"). The fig. sense of
to pave the way is attested from 1585.
2. From Old French paver (“to pave, to cover”), from Vulgar Latin *pavāre (“to beat down, to smash”), from Latin pavīre (“to beat, strike, ram, tread down”). See: Latin '
paviō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] with people; distant noises; shouts; men and boys running down steep places towards the pier: all more bright and gay and fresh to our unused eyes than words can paint them. We came to a wharf, paved with uplifted faces; got alongside, and were made fast, after some shouting and straining of cables; darted, a score of us along the gangway, almost as soon as it was thrust out to meet us, and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Here too are lanes and alleys, paved with mud knee-deep, underground chambers, where they dance and game; the walls bedecked with rough designs of ships, and forts, and flags, and American eagles out of number: ruined houses, open to [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Did I recognise in this assembly, a body of men, who, applying themselves in a new world to correct some of the falsehoods and vices of the old, purified the avenues to Public Life, paved the dirty ways to Place and Power, debated and made laws for the Common Good, and had no party but their Country ?
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The country round this town being very flat, is bare of scenic interest; but the town itself is full of life and motion, bustle, business, and improvement. The streets are well paved, and lighted with gas; the houses are large and good; the shops excellent. Many of them have a display of goods in their windows, such as may be seen in thriving county towns in England; and there [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] we had on board was pretty much the same. After hoarding up, and borrowing, and begging, and selling everything to pay the passage, they had gone out to New York, expecting to find its streets paved with gold; and had found them paved with very hard and very real stones. Enterprise was dull; labourers were not wanted; jobs of work were to be got, but the payment was not. They were [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] After hoarding up, and borrowing, and begging, and selling everything to pay the passage, they had gone out to New York, expecting to find its streets paved with gold; and had found them paved with very hard and very real stones. Enterprise was dull; labourers were not wanted; jobs of work were to be got, but the payment was not. They were coming back, even poorer than they went. One [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)