(now chiefly in technical contexts) A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground. / (chiefly British) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.

plural of pavement

(pathology) The situation where damaged endothelium undergoes a change in properties that allows leukocytes to adhere to it.

Furnished with a pavement. / (pathology) Having undergone the process of pavementing.

(UK, Australia, humorous) A patch of vomit on the pavement, road or ground. / (humorous) The badly damaged bodily remains of a person who has jumped or fallen from a great height.

Alternative form of pavement pizza

(idiomatic) To travel on foot, as on a sidewalk. / (idiomatic) To travel or begin to move in an automobile or other road vehicle.

(idiomatic) To travel on foot; to walk or run. / (idiomatic) To campaign diligently; to seek something, such as business, employment, or answers.

present participle of hit the pavement

The ant Tetramorium caespitum