(a) To cover (the ground, a street, floor, planks, etc.) with paving or tiles; also fig.; ~ of (with); ppl. paved, paved, tiled; (b) to pave or tile the floor or floors of (a building, room, cloister); pave the streets of (a town); also fig.; ~ of (with); ppl. paved, paved, tiled; paved loft, an upstairs room with a tiled floor; (c) to line (a ditch or trench) with paving stones; (d) to lay pavement; (e) ppl. paved, of the bottom of a river: covered.