carpeted

1. 1
   adjective

   Having the floor covered with a carpet.

   The carpeted lobby absorbed the sound of the crowd waiting for the show.

   Guests were asked to remove their shoes before stepping onto the carpeted landing.

   Oppositeuncarpeted, bare

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of carpet.

   The crew carpeted the offices over the weekend.

   The previous owners had carpeted every room in the house.

   Note

   One regular -ed form does the work of both the past tense and the participle, and it carries every verb sense of carpet with it. Beyond laying flooring, it can mean blanketing a surface, as in a hillside carpeted with flowers. In British use it can also mean reprimanded (he was carpeted by his manager), so context decides whether a room or a person has been carpeted.

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