carpet

Plural: carpets

Noun

• floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
• a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet
  • "a carpet of flowers"
  • "the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet"
• A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
• Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
• Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae
• A wrought cover for tables.
• A woman's pubic hair.

Verb

Verb Forms: carpeted, carpeting, carpets

• To cover a floor or surface with a heavy fabric.
• form a carpet-like cover (over)
• cover completely, as if with a carpet
  • "flowers carpeted the meadows"
• cover with a carpet
  • "carpet the floors of the house"
• To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
• To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.
• To reprimand.

Examples

• After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring.
• Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema.
• She tried to CARPET the board with short, high-scoring words to block her opponent.
• The builders were carpeting in the living room when Zadie inspected her new house.

Synonyms

carpeting, rug

Anagrams of carpet