To pave with small stones.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > pave or build roads [verb (transitive)] > pave > pave with specific material (18) causeya1552 To pave with small stones. flag1615 transitive. To pave with or as with flagstones. Also of a stone or stones: To form the floor or paving of. to flag over: to cover with a pavement. causeway1744 transitive. To pave with cobbles or pebbles. Chiefly as a (supposed) anglicizing of causey, v. metal1806 transitive. To make or mend (a road) with road metal. See metal, n. 10, metalled, adj. 2. blind1812 To cover the surface of (a newly made road) with fine material. Cf. blinding, n. 4. macadamize1823 transitive. Originally: to make or repair (a road) according to McAdam's method. In modern use: to cover (an unmade road, etc.) with tarmacadam. slab1832 To lay or pave with slabs. flint1834 transitive. To pave (ground) with flints; in quot. figurative. pebble1835 transitive. To pave or cover with pebbles or pebble-like objects. Also figurative. asphalt1872 To cover or lay with asphalt. concrete1875 ˈconcrete. transitive and intransitive. To overlay or pave with, or embed in, concrete. cube1887 To pave with cubes or cubical blocks. cobble1888 transitive. To pave with cobbles. block1891 To pave (a street) with blocks. wood-block1908 to pave with wood-blocks. tarmacadam1910 (in quots. as past participle and participial adjective). Also attributive. Cf. tarmac, v. tarviate1926 The proprietary name of a road-surfacing and binding material made from tar. Also (irregularly) ˈtarviate v. (transitive). ˈtarviated adj. tarmac1966 To cover with tar macadam. Chiefly passive or as participial adjective, with spelling tarmac(c)ed, tarmacked. Hence Cf. tarmacadam v. at tarmacadam… |
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