Carpet
WordNet
noun
(1) Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
verb
(2) Cover with a carpet
"Carpet the floors of the house"
(3) Cover completely, as if with a carpet
"Flowers carpeted the meadows"
(4) Form a carpet-like cover (over)
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From carpite, from carpita, the past participle of carpere "to pluck".
Noun
(uncountable and countable)
- A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
- Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
- A woman's pubic hair.
Usage notes
and are not ordinarily strictly synonymous. A rug covers part of the floor; a carpet covers most or all of the floor; a fitted carpet runs wall-to-wall.Verb
- To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
- After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring.
- The builders were carpeting in the living room when Zadie inspected her new house.
- To substantially cover something, like a carpet; to blanket something.
- Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema.
- To reprimand