pave over

verb

paved over; paving over; paves over

disapproving

: to cover (an area) with roads, parking lots, buildings, etc.

All this beautiful farmland will be paved over.

Examples of pave over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Trump has also paved over the grass at the White House Rose Garden to create a patio with tables, and erected two massive flagpoles on the North and South lawns. — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Especially the guy who bangs a wrecking ball against the historic East Wing to make room for an incongruous ballroom monstrosity, who mars the sacred Oval Office with gold glitter and paves over the lovely Rose Garden. — Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Mono-causal history winds up paving over the uneven surface of human experience with a layer of ideological asphalt. — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Planted by then-first lady Jackie Kennedy, it has been paved over into a patio. — Gary Fields, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

Rhymes for pave over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover