carpet
verb/ˈkɑːpɪt/
/ˈkɑːrpɪt/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they carpet | /ˈkɑːpɪt/ /ˈkɑːrpɪt/ |
| he / she / it carpets | /ˈkɑːpɪts/ /ˈkɑːrpɪts/ |
| past simple carpeted | /ˈkɑːpɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːrpɪtɪd/ |
| past participle carpeted | /ˈkɑːpɪtɪd/ /ˈkɑːrpɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form carpeting | /ˈkɑːpɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːrpɪtɪŋ/ |
- to cover the floor of a room with a carpet
- be carpeted (in/with something) The hall was carpeted in blue.
- (literary) to cover something with a thick layer of something
- be carpeted (with/in something) The forest floor was carpeted with wild flowers.
- (informal, British English) to speak angrily to somebody because they have done something wrong synonym reprimand
- be carpeted Senior officials were carpeted for leaking information to the press.
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a thick fabric used as a cover for a table or bed): from Old French carpite or medieval Latin carpita, from obsolete Italian carpita ‘woollen counterpane’, based on Latin carpere ‘pluck, pull to pieces’.
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