Pavement
noun
A path by the side of a road or street for people to walk on.
The children played on the pavement outside their house.
Often appears as...
- hit the pavement
- off the pavement
noun
A hard surface of a road or street.
The crumbling pavement of the rustic road was hard to drive on.
Often appears as...
- concrete pavement
- asphalt pavement
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Technical
noun
A surface covered with flat stones or bricks.
The patio was a beautiful mosaic pavement.
Often appears as...
- mosaic pavement
- stone pavement
noun
A path by the side of a road or street for people to walk on.
The children played on the pavement outside their house.
Often appears as...
- hit the pavement
- off the pavement
noun
A hard surface of a road or street.
The crumbling pavement of the rustic road was hard to drive on.
Often appears as...
- concrete pavement
- asphalt pavement
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A surface covered with flat stones or bricks.
The patio was a beautiful mosaic pavement.
Often appears as...
- mosaic pavement
- stone pavement
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Pedestrian Area
Refers to a designated space for people walking, separate from vehicles.
Keep bikes off the pavement to ensure pedestrian safety.
Pro Tip 2/3Urban Setting
Commonly found in cities and towns, alongside roads and buildings.
Shops often have a pavement in front where people can walk.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Zone
Acting as a safety buffer between vehicles and pedestrians.
Stand on the pavement and wait for the green signal to cross.
Pro Tip 1/3Pedestrian Area
Refers to a designated space for people walking, separate from vehicles.
Keep bikes off the pavement to ensure pedestrian safety.
Pro Tip 2/3Urban Setting
Commonly found in cities and towns, alongside roads and buildings.
Shops often have a pavement in front where people can walk.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Zone
Acting as a safety buffer between vehicles and pedestrians.
Stand on the pavement and wait for the green signal to cross.
Pro Tip 1/3Pedestrian Area
Refers to a designated space for people walking, separate from vehicles.
Keep bikes off the pavement to ensure pedestrian safety.
Pro Tip 2/3Urban Setting
Commonly found in cities and towns, alongside roads and buildings.
Shops often have a pavement in front where people can walk.
Pro Tip 3/3Safety Zone
Acting as a safety buffer between vehicles and pedestrians.
Stand on the pavement and wait for the green signal to cross.
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The wildly complex...
Whatever you call them, these rubber-soled, casual shoes are worn by billions of people around the world. Originally invented in the late 19th century, these simple canvas and rubber creations have changed a lot since they first hit the pavement. Today, sneaker consumption is at an all-time high.
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How we talk about sexual...
and the young man behind me dragged me to the ground, beat my head repeatedly against the pavement until my face began to bleed, kicking me in the back and neck while he began to assault me, ripping off my clothes and telling me to "shut up," as I struggled to cry for help.
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Meet Gita, the robot...
spaces are devilishly complex environments they come complete with cracks in the pavement with obstacles like lampposts and fire hydrants and so forth and of course they're animated by other moving agents whether it's pedestrians or pets or the like given that the world
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Helping Hands PIPE Brain...
lend a hand we've enlisted the help of an actress and set up a hidden camera experiment to see what strangers will do in this exact scenario how do you think people will react once our actress hits the pavement I think Sofia herders oh that didn't
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John Hardy: My green...
hopefully their green restaurants, to the Green School. It's becoming a community. It's becoming a green model. We had to look at everything. No petrochemicals in the pavement. No pavement. These are volcanic stones laid by hand.
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The Life of a Photograph...
woman is walking across the pavement soon the scene will change but for a moment it is held in a photograph because it is held in a photograph the moment has a life I've talked to an about this photograph to understand that
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My journey to thank all...
So I would thank the people who paved the road. And then I would thank the people who made the asphalt for the pavement. And I came to realize that my coffee, like so much else in the world, requires the combined work
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How we can design...
Those have such a wide turning radius, that we have to deploy an enormous amount of pavement, of asphalt, to accommodate them. Or take the critically important wheelchair.
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What if cracks in...
Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. It can be found in swathes of city pavements,
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Ten Million Starlings...
slippery roads and pavements cause accidents too it's a health and safety nightmare
Video examples
The wildly complex...
Whatever you call them, these rubber-soled, casual shoes are worn by billions of people around the world. Originally invented in the late 19th century, these simple canvas and rubber creations have changed a lot since they first hit the pavement. Today, sneaker consumption is at an all-time high.
Video examples
How we talk about sexual...
and the young man behind me dragged me to the ground, beat my head repeatedly against the pavement until my face began to bleed, kicking me in the back and neck while he began to assault me, ripping off my clothes and telling me to "shut up," as I struggled to cry for help.
Video examples
Meet Gita, the robot...
spaces are devilishly complex environments they come complete with cracks in the pavement with obstacles like lampposts and fire hydrants and so forth and of course they're animated by other moving agents whether it's pedestrians or pets or the like given that the world
Video examples
Helping Hands PIPE Brain...
lend a hand we've enlisted the help of an actress and set up a hidden camera experiment to see what strangers will do in this exact scenario how do you think people will react once our actress hits the pavement I think Sofia herders oh that didn't
Video examples
John Hardy: My green...
hopefully their green restaurants, to the Green School. It's becoming a community. It's becoming a green model. We had to look at everything. No petrochemicals in the pavement. No pavement. These are volcanic stones laid by hand.
Video examples
The Life of a Photograph...
woman is walking across the pavement soon the scene will change but for a moment it is held in a photograph because it is held in a photograph the moment has a life I've talked to an about this photograph to understand that
Video examples
My journey to thank all...
So I would thank the people who paved the road. And then I would thank the people who made the asphalt for the pavement. And I came to realize that my coffee, like so much else in the world, requires the combined work
Video examples
How we can design...
Those have such a wide turning radius, that we have to deploy an enormous amount of pavement, of asphalt, to accommodate them. Or take the critically important wheelchair.
Video examples
What if cracks in...
Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world. It can be found in swathes of city pavements,
Video examples
Ten Million Starlings...
slippery roads and pavements cause accidents too it's a health and safety nightmare
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Hailie Deegan
American Driver
Dirt has given me a really good car control ability, but it would have been an easier transition if I'd been racing pavement my whole life. But off-road has given me such a good foundation for car control when the car is loose, because the competitions are so intense - basically 30 minutes of utter chaos.
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Winona Ryder
American Actress
Even though I never really had to pound the pavement as an actor, I always worked really hard. But, at the same time, I always felt like people thought that I didn't have to struggle even though I was struggling.
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Sarah Cooper
Jamaican Comedian
Stand up comedy can be a tough world to break into. It can take years of painful soul searching, disappointing performances, and pounding the pavement day in and day out with very little reward.
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Miriam Margolyes
English Actress
I wouldn't consider retiring to India: there are too many people, and it's difficult walking along the pavements. I'd love to spend two or three months a year there.
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Ben Goldacre
British Writer
Data is the fabric of the modern world: just like we walk down pavements, so we trace routes through data, and build knowledge and products out of it.
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John McAfee
American Businessman
A simple social engineering hack might involve leaving a thumb drive on the pavement close to the driver's door of a car.
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Martin H. Fischer
American Physicist
The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty - not marble floors and foundations.
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Elvis Duran
American Entertainer
I have no deep desire to hit the pavement and audition for TV projects or raise money to produce a show.
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Maggie Grace
American Actress
I trip over my legs all the time. I'll wave to somebody, look up, and end up eating pavement.
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Mark Tobey
American Artist
On pavements and the bark of trees I have found whole worlds.
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Hailie Deegan
American Driver
Dirt has given me a really good car control ability, but it would have been an easier transition if I'd been racing pavement my whole life. But off-road has given me such a good foundation for car control when the car is loose, because the competitions are so intense - basically 30 minutes of utter chaos.
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Winona Ryder
American Actress
Even though I never really had to pound the pavement as an actor, I always worked really hard. But, at the same time, I always felt like people thought that I didn't have to struggle even though I was struggling.
Quote examples
Sarah Cooper
Jamaican Comedian
Stand up comedy can be a tough world to break into. It can take years of painful soul searching, disappointing performances, and pounding the pavement day in and day out with very little reward.
Quote examples
Miriam Margolyes
English Actress
I wouldn't consider retiring to India: there are too many people, and it's difficult walking along the pavements. I'd love to spend two or three months a year there.
Quote examples
Ben Goldacre
British Writer
Data is the fabric of the modern world: just like we walk down pavements, so we trace routes through data, and build knowledge and products out of it.
Quote examples
John McAfee
American Businessman
A simple social engineering hack might involve leaving a thumb drive on the pavement close to the driver's door of a car.
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Martin H. Fischer
American Physicist
The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty - not marble floors and foundations.
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Elvis Duran
American Entertainer
I have no deep desire to hit the pavement and audition for TV projects or raise money to produce a show.
Quote examples
Maggie Grace
American Actress
I trip over my legs all the time. I'll wave to somebody, look up, and end up eating pavement.
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Mark Tobey
American Artist
On pavements and the bark of trees I have found whole worlds.
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