A road, in general, is a pleasant place (6)
I believe the answer is:
garden
'a pleasant place' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with creating things as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'a road in general' is the wordplay.
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'general' becomes 'gen'.
'a'+'rd'='ard'
'ard' inserted inside 'gen' is 'GARDEN'.
'is' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for garden that I've seen before include "See 13" , "Cultivate plants, etc" , "Land round house" , "Plant growing area" , "Ornamental grounds" .)