Carpet (album)
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)
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Etymology


From carpite, from carpita, the past participle of carpere "to pluck".

Noun


(uncountable and countable)
  1. A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
  2. Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
  3. 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



  1. 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.
  2. To substantially cover something, like a carpet; to blanket something.
    Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema.
  3. To reprimand
 
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