- 1carpet something to cover the floor of a room with a carpet The hall was carpeted in blue.
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- 2carpet something (with/in something) (literary) to cover something with a thick layer of something The forest floor was carpeted with wild flowers.
carpet
verbNAmE//ˈkɑrpət//
[usually passive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they carpet he / she / it carpets
past simple carpeted
-ing form carpeting
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