Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

depave

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-pave
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To undo the act of paving; to remove pavement (especially if it is in the form of asphalt, concrete or the like) so as to restore the land to a more natural state.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Environmental programs: Depaving; auto free city centers; closure of roads..."
"Hand out a bonus for building on wasted brownfields and depaving asphalt ones; penalize building on greenfields."
"Then the town depaved part of a city street and closed another to cars."
"They depaved their driveway to grow food, and they are proud to own no car, TV or refrigerator"
"The city has a requirement to provide off-street parking.... UA Homes had real difficulty persuading City Hall to allow us to depave about six places for a garden."
"This afternoon, we started depaving the driveway to make room for another garden bed."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English pave English depave From de- + pave.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

depaves (present, singular) depaving (participle, present) depaved (participle, past) depaved (past)

Synonyms

unpave

Questions

What does depave mean?: To undo the act of paving; to remove pavement (especially if it is in the form of asphalt, concrete or the like) so as to restore the land to a more natural state.
Where does depave come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English pave English depave From de- + pave.

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