carpet

Pluralcarpets

Formscarpets, carpeting, carpeted

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A thick fabric that covers a whole floor.

   Like a big soft blanket that covers the whole floor.

   They put a soft carpet in the baby's room.

   The new carpet feels warm under my feet.

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2. 2
   verbtransitive

   To cover a wide surface completely with a thick layer.

   Like spreading a thick blanket over the whole ground.

   Fallen leaves carpet the path every fall.

   Snow carpeted the fields overnight.

   Similarblanket, cover, coat

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3. 3
   nounfigurativelycountable or uncountable

   A thick layer that spreads over a surface like a soft covering.

   A carpet of bluebells covered the hillside.

   The valley wore a carpet of fresh snow.

   Similarblanket, layer, covering, mat

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4. 4
   verbtransitive

   To put carpet down on a floor, or to have it put down.

   We carpeted the stairs to make them quieter.

   They plan to carpet the whole upstairs next month.

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5. 5
   verbUKtransitive

   To tell someone off angrily for doing something wrong.

   Like a teacher telling you off for breaking a rule.

   The boss will carpet you if you turn up late again.

   She got carpeted for missing the deadline.

   Similarreprimand, scold, rebuke, chastise, berate

   Oppositepraise, commend

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6. 6
   nounslangvulgarusually singular

   A slang and rude word for the hair between a woman's legs.

   He made a crude joke about her carpet that nobody found funny.

   The locker-room talk about her carpet made everyone uncomfortable.

   Similarbush

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   A type of moth with patterned wings, from a large moth family.

   A carpet landed on the moth trap, its wings finely barred.

   The boy spotted a small carpet resting on a tree trunk at night.

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