carpet
/ˈkɑɹ.pət/ verb C2- 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, as a carpet does; to blanket something. · Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema.
He/she/it carpets · Past carpeted · Past participle carpeted · -ing form carpeting
Verb forms
- Base form
- carpet
- He/she/it
- carpets
- Past
- carpeted
- Past participle
- carpeted
- -ing form
- carpeting
From the library
They walked along listening to the singing of the brightly colored birds and looking at the lovely flowers which now became so thick that the ground was carpeted with them.
Marilla lighted a candle and told Anne to follow her, which Anne spiritlessly did, taking her hat and carpet-bag from the hall table as she passed.
On and on they walked, and it seemed that the great carpet of deadly flowers that surrounded them would never end.
There were carpet slippers on his bare feet.
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