PAVING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paving mean? 

• PAVING (noun)
  The noun PAVING has 3 senses:

1. material used to pave an area

2. the paved surface of a thoroughfare

3. the act of applying paving materials to an area

  Familiarity information: PAVING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAVING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Material used to pave an area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

pavement; paving; paving material

Hypernyms ("paving" is a kind of...):

artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paving"):

asphalt (mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing)

concrete (a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water)

blacktop; blacktopping (a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock)

macadam (broken stone used in macadamized roadways)

tarmac; tarmacadam (a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving)

Derivation:

pave (cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The paved surface of a thoroughfare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pavement; paving

Hypernyms ("paving" is a kind of...):

paved surface (a level horizontal surface covered with paving material)

Meronyms (substance of "paving"):

paving stone (a stone used for paving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paving"):

curbside (the side of a sidewalk that is bordered by a curb)

Holonyms ("paving" is a substance of...):

road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)

pavement; sidewalk (walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway)

street (a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings)

Derivation:

pave (cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of applying paving materials to an area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pavage; paving

Hypernyms ("paving" is a kind of...):

application; coating; covering (the work of applying something)

Derivation:

pave (cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic)

 Context examples 

Now, researchers have trained artificial intelligence to recognize these features, paving the way for early—and cheap—diagnoses.

(Artificial Intelligence Can Be Used to Diagnose Rare Disorders with Just A Picture, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Scientists were able to successfully remove a gene that caused Alzheimer's disease from the human brain, possibly paving the way for a new kind of treatment against the dreaded illness.

(Alzheimer's Disease Gene Successfully Removed From Human Brain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It ended at the paving of asphalt which led up to the gates of the Mapleton stables.

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

Justly thought; rightly said, Miss Eyre; and, at this moment, I am paving hell with energy.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Australian scientists have successfully blocked the deadliest malaria parasite —- Plasmodium falciparum — in its transmission stage, paving the way for developing preventative therapies to stop the spread of the disease.

(New way to stop falciparum malaria transmission, SciDev.Net)

An institute within the National Institutes of Health with the mission to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure.

(National Institute of Mental Health, NCI Thesaurus)

The key, Goulbourne said, is that the model connects geometry to mechanics in an intricate way, paving the way for a new branch of mechanics.

(Saddle-shaped origami enables new microelectronic applications, National Science Foundation)

Moreover, the shift from deep, consolidated sleep in youth to fitful, dissatisfying sleep can start as early as one's 30s, paving the way for sleep-related cognitive and physical ailments in middle age.

(Deep Sleep May Act as Fountain of Youth in Old Age, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The researchers suspected that mussels, by paving the marsh surface with their ribbed shells, attracted burrowing crabs that excavate underground water storage compartments.

(Biodiversity in salt marshes builds climate resilience, NSF)

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new test that can reliably predict the future course of inflammatory bowel disease in individuals, transforming treatments for patients and paving the way for a personalised approach.

(New prognostic test could enable personalised treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, University of Cambridge)