pavement

«pavement» in Mova's school dictionary: the path at the side of a road for people to walk on (in… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a pavement, pavements)

meaning for a pupil

1) In British English, a pavement is the path at the side of a road for people to walk on (in American English, the sidewalk; in Australia, often the footpath). tree →

2) In American English, pavement means the hard surface of a road. tree →

sense in the lessons

In road safety, walk on the pavement, not the road; stop at the kerb (curb), look and listen before crossing. Ride scooters carefully on the pavement and watch out for people. Tree roots can crack pavements. In stories rain shines on the pavement. Words differ across countries: UK pavement, US sidewalk, Australia and New Zealand footpath.

examples

• Always walk on the pavement, not in the road. tree →
• Stop at the edge of the pavement before you cross. tree →
• Chalk drawings covered the pavement. tree →
• The pavement was icy, so we walked slowly. tree →
• Don't ride your bike on a crowded pavement. tree →
• In America, the pavement is called the sidewalk. tree →
• Tree roots had cracked the pavement. tree →
• "Mai--!" they said, as they were bumped upon the pavement. tree →

note

Countable. A big trap: in the UK, «pavement» is for walking; in the USA, «pavement» is the road surface, and the walking path is «sidewalk». «Pave» = cover with flat stones or tarmac. The edge is the «kerb» (UK) or «curb» (US).

In the corpora

• 3D pavement art uses perspective tricks so a chalk drawing looks deep from one spot; chalk washes away in the rain.
• Dandelion seeds float on tiny parachutes into pavement cracks, where dust and water collect, and a long taproot finds water deep down.
• When you hear a siren near a road, stay on the pavement or sidewalk and wait until the vehicle has passed.
• Where there is no pavement, you walk facing the oncoming traffic, so you can see it coming.
• If a pavement is too hot for the back of your hand after a few seconds, it can burn a dog's paws.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pavement» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.