CARPET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carpet mean? 

• CARPET (noun)
  The noun CARPET has 2 senses:

1. floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

2. a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet

  Familiarity information: CARPET used as a noun is rare.

• CARPET (verb)
  The verb CARPET has 3 senses:

1. form a carpet-like cover (over)

2. cover completely, as if with a carpet

3. cover with a carpet

  Familiarity information: CARPET used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARPET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carpet; carpeting; rug

Hypernyms ("carpet" is a kind of...):

floor cover; floor covering (a covering for a floor)

furnishing ((usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable)

Meronyms (parts of "carpet"):

edging (border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carpet"):

broadloom (a carpet woven on a wide loom to obviate the need for seams)

Brussels carpet (a carpet with a strong linen warp and a heavy pile of colored woolen yarns drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern)

drugget (a rug made of a coarse fabric having a cotton warp and a wool filling)

flying carpet ((Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go)

hearthrug (a rug spread out in front of a fireplace)

Kurdistan (an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors and durability)

nammad; numdah; numdah rug (an embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt)

prayer mat; prayer rug (a small rug used by Muslims during their devotions)

red carpet (a strip of red carpeting laid down for dignitaries to walk on)

runner (a long narrow carpet)

scatter rug; throw rug (a small rug; several can be used in a room)

shag rug (a rug with long pile)

stair-carpet (a strip of carpet for laying on stairs)

Wilton; Wilton carpet (a carpet woven on a Jacquard loom with loops like a Brussels carpet but having the loops cut to form a close velvety pile)

Derivation:

carpet (cover with a carpet)

carpet (cover completely, as if with a carpet)

carpet (form a carpet-like cover (over))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

the larvae of some moths spin a web that resembles a carpet

Hypernyms ("carpet" is a kind of...):

natural object (an object occurring naturally; not made by man)

• CARPET (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they carpet    ... he / she / it carpets   
Past simple: carpeted   
Past participle: carpeted   
-ing form: carpeting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form a carpet-like cover (over)

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "carpet" is one way to...):

cover; spread over (form a cover over)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sentence example:

Dust and dirt carpet the area

Derivation:

carpet (floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cover completely, as if with a carpet

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

flowers carpeted the meadows

Hypernyms (to "carpet" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The wind storms carpet the area with dust and dirt

Derivation:

carpet (floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cover with a carpet

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

carpet the floors of the house

Hypernyms (to "carpet" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

carpet; carpeting (floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile))

 Context examples 

He walked as delicately as though all the snow were carpeted with porcupine quills, erect and ready to pierce the soft pads of his feet.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

This carpet was a small square drugget in the centre of the room, surrounded by a broad expanse of beautiful, old-fashioned wood-flooring in square blocks, highly polished.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Regard me in the light of a husband or a carpet, and beat till you are tired, if that sort of exercise agrees with you.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It was a green spot, on a hill, carpeted with soft turf.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

She must own that she was tired of seeing great houses; after going over so many, she really had no pleasure in fine carpets or satin curtains.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

My wrist bled freely, and quite a little pool trickled on to the carpet.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

As we ran off to get our leeward position of the last lee boat, we found the ocean fairly carpeted with sleeping seals.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

These articles, with two small wicker-work chairs, made up all the furniture in the room save for a square of Wilton carpet in the centre.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He started to leave the room, tripping over a loose seam in the slatternly carpet.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It was a large, stately apartment, with purple chairs and curtains, a Turkey carpet, walnut-panelled walls, one vast window rich in slanted glass, and a lofty ceiling, nobly moulded.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)