paved
v.v. covered with a hard, flat surface like stone, brick, or concrete. You use this to describe roads or paths that are easy to walk or drive on.
v. covered with a firm, level surface of stones, bricks, or asphalt. Often used to distinguish developed infrastructure from dirt or gravel paths.
The old town has beautiful paved streets.
The city replaced the muddy trail with a paved walkway to make it accessible for wheelchairs and strollers.
While the main highways are fully paved, many of the secondary roads leading into the mountain villages remain rugged and unsealed, making travel difficult during the rainy season.
From Middle English paved, ypavyd, equivalent to pave + -ed.
Typically functions as a descriptive adjective before a noun or after a linking verb.