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say it: payv
pave is a noun and verb meaning "a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows". It is pronounced /ˈpeɪv/ — payv. It carries 2 recorded senses.
a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
cover with a material such as stone or concrete to make suitable for vehicle traffic
“pave the roads in the village”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pave come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.