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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) 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..
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.
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.
Rewilding can be as complex as depaving a creek or as simple as planting a few seeds. All you need is a bit of time, curiosity, keen eyes and creativity.
Use depave when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Depave means (transitive) 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..
Common synonyms include unpave.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Then the town depaved part of a city street and closed another to cars.
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