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car·pet

(kär′pĭt)

a. A thick heavy covering for a floor, usually made of woven wool or synthetic fibers, especially one covering the entire surface of the floor.

b. The fabric used for this floor covering.

2. A surface or surface covering that is similar to a rug: a carpet of leaves and pine needles on the forest floor.

tr.v. car·pet·ed, car·pet·ing, car·pets

To cover with or as if with a carpet: carpet the stairs; snow that carpeted the sidewalks.

Idiom:

on the carpet

1. In a position of being reprimanded by one in authority: was called on the carpet for cheating.

2. Under discussion or consideration: Important matters will be on the carpet at today's meeting.

[Middle English, from Old French carpite, from Medieval Latin carpīta, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire, to pluck, from Latin carpere; see kerp- in Indo-European roots.]

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carpet

(ˈkɑːpɪt)

1. (Furniture)

a. a heavy fabric for covering floors

b. (as modifier): a carpet sale.

2. a covering like a carpet: a carpet of leaves.

3. on the carpet informal

a. before authority to be reproved for misconduct or error

b. under consideration

vb (tr) , -pets, -peting or -peted

4. (Furniture) to cover with or as if with a carpet

5. informal to reprimand

[C14: from Old French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from Late Latin carpeta, literally: (wool) that has been carded, from Latin carpere to pluck, card]

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car•pet

(ˈkɑr pɪt)

n.

1. a heavy woven or felted fabric for covering floors.

2. a covering of this.

3. any surface or covering resembling a carpet.

v.t.

4. to cover or furnish with or as if with a carpet.

Idioms:

on the carpet, summoned for a reprimand.

[1300–50; Middle English carpete cloth covering < Middle French carpite or Medieval Latin carpīta < Italian carpita < Vulgar Latin *carpīta, past participle of *carpīre, for Latin carpere to pluck]

Carpet

a covering or expanse, as of grass or flowers; used figuratively.

Examples: carpet of flowers, 1854; grassy carpet, 1593.

carpet

Past participle: carpeted
Gerund: carpeting

Imperative
carpet
carpet

Present
I carpet
you carpet
he/she/it carpets
we carpet
you carpet
they carpet

Preterite
I carpeted
you carpeted
he/she/it carpeted
we carpeted
you carpeted
they carpeted

Present Continuous
I am carpeting
you are carpeting
he/she/it is carpeting
we are carpeting
you are carpeting
they are carpeting

Present Perfect
I have carpeted
you have carpeted
he/she/it has carpeted
we have carpeted
you have carpeted
they have carpeted

Past Continuous
I was carpeting
you were carpeting
he/she/it was carpeting
we were carpeting
you were carpeting
they were carpeting

Past Perfect
I had carpeted
you had carpeted
he/she/it had carpeted
we had carpeted
you had carpeted
they had carpeted

Future
I will carpet
you will carpet
he/she/it will carpet
we will carpet
you will carpet
they will carpet

Future Perfect
I will have carpeted
you will have carpeted
he/she/it will have carpeted
we will have carpeted
you will have carpeted
they will have carpeted

Future Continuous
I will be carpeting
you will be carpeting
he/she/it will be carpeting
we will be carpeting
you will be carpeting
they will be carpeting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been carpeting
you have been carpeting
he/she/it has been carpeting
we have been carpeting
you have been carpeting
they have been carpeting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been carpeting
you will have been carpeting
he/she/it will have been carpeting
we will have been carpeting
you will have been carpeting
they will have been carpeting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been carpeting
you had been carpeting
he/she/it had been carpeting
we had been carpeting
you had been carpeting
they had been carpeting

Conditional
I would carpet
you would carpet
he/she/it would carpet
we would carpet
you would carpet
they would carpet

Past Conditional
I would have carpeted
you would have carpeted
he/she/it would have carpeted
we would have carpeted
you would have carpeted
they would have carpeted

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Noun	1.	carpet - floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) carpeting, rug 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 edging - border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug) floor cover, floor covering - a covering for a floor flying carpet - (Asian folktale) an imaginary carpet that will fly people anywhere they wish to go furnishing - (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable 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 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
	2.	carpet - 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" natural object - an object occurring naturally; not made by man
Verb	1.	carpet - form a carpet-like cover (over) spread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"
	2.	carpet - cover completely, as if with a carpet; "flowers carpeted the meadows" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
	3.	carpet - cover with a carpet; "carpet the floors of the house" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"

carpet

noun

Carpets and rugs

Aubusson, Axminster, broadloom, Brussels carpet, Bukhara rug, chenille, durrie, flat-woven, ingrain, Kidderminster, kilim, Kirman, numdah, Persian carpet or Persian rug, Turkey carpet, Wilton

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Translations

بِساطبِسَاطيُغَطّي بِبِساط

koberecpokrýt kobercem

tæppelægge tæppe på

Teppich bedecken

τάπητας χαλί μοκέτα

alfombra alfombrar cubrir con una alfombra moqueta tapete

matto

tapis moquette recouvrir d'un tapis

שטיח

ćilimsagtepih

szőnyegszõnyeggel borít

teppaleggjateppi

tappeto coprire moquette passatoia ricoprire con un tappeto

カーペット

카펫

iškloti kilimaiskķlimaskloti kilimais

grīdseganoklāt ar paklāju/grīdsegu

tapijt

teppe dekke med teppe gulvteppe legge teppe på løper

dywan

carpete tapete

ковер ковёр ковёрный ковровщик ковровый

koberecpokryť kobercom

preproga

matta

พรม

halı kilimhalı döşemek / kaplamak

thảm

地毯铺地毯

carpet

[ˈkɑːpɪt]

A. N → alfombra f; (small) → tapete m; (fitted) → moqueta f
a carpet of leaves (fig) → una alfombra de hojas
to be on the carpet → tener que aguantar un rapapolvo
to roll out the red carpet for sb → recibir a algn con todos los honores, ponerle a algn la alfombra roja
they tried to sweep it under the carpet → quisieron echar tierra sobre el asunto, trataron de esconder los trapos sucios

B. VT

1. [+ floor] (wall to wall) → enmoquetar; (with individual rugs) → alfombrar (with de)

2. (= scold) to carpet sb → echar un rapapolvo a algn

C. CPD carpet bag N (US) → maletín m, morral m
carpet bombing N → bombardeo m de arrasamiento
carpet slippers NPL → zapatillas fpl
carpet square, carpet tile N → loseta f
carpet sweeper N → escoba f mecánica

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carpet

[ˈkɑː^rpɪt]

(= large rug) → tapis m
a Persian carpet → un tapis persan

(fitted) → moquette f fitted carpet

(= covering) [flowers, leaves, snow] → tapis m

[+ house, room] → recouvrir d'une moquette, moquetter

(= cover) [flowers, leaves, snow] → recouvrircarpet slippers npl → pantoufles fplcarpet tile n → dalle f de moquettecar phone n → téléphone m de voiturecar pool carpool, car-pool [ˈkɑː^rpuːl]

(= arrangement) → covoiturage m car-pool lane

(= stock of cars) → parc m de voitures de fonction

vi (mainly US or Australian) → pratiquer le covoituragecar-pool lane [ˈkɑː^rpuːl] n (US) → voie f réservée au covoituragecar port carport [ˈkɑː^rpɔː^rt] n → auvent m pour voiturescar radio n → autoradio mcar rental n (US) → location f de voitures

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carpet

n (lit, fig) → Teppich m; (fitted) → Teppichboden m; the subject on the carpet → das Thema, das zurzeit diskutiert wird; to be on the carpet (inf) → zur Schnecke or Minna gemacht werden (inf)

floor → (mit Teppichen/Teppichboden) auslegen; the wood carpeted with flowers → der blumenbedeckte Waldboden

(Brit inf: = reprimand) → zur Minna machen (inf)

carpet

carpetbag

n → Reisetasche f

carpetbagger

(US Pol inf) → politischer Abenteurer, politische Abenteuerin; (Hist) politischer Ämterjäger, der mit nichts als einer Reisetasche nach dem Sezessionskrieg in die besetzten Südstaaten kam

(Fin) → Spekulant(in) m(f) (der/die Geld bei vielen verschiedenen Hypothekenbanken investiert in der Hoffnung, bei Änderung der Statuten einen Gewinn zu machen)

carpet-beater

n → Teppich- or Ausklopfer m

carpet bombing

n (Mil) → Flächenbombardierung f

carpet

carpet slippers

pl → Pantoffeln pl, → Hausschuhe pl

carpet-sweeper

n → Teppichkehrer m, → Teppichkehrmaschine f

carpet tile

n → Teppichfliese f

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carpet

[ˈkɑːpɪt]

1. n → tappeto; (fitted carpet) → moquette f inv

2. vt (floor, house) → coprire con tappeto; (with fitted carpet) → rivestire di moquette, mettere la moquette a

carpet

(ˈkaːpit) noun

a woven covering for floors etc.

verb

to cover with a carpet. They haven't carpeted the floor yet.

carpet

→ بِسَاط koberec tæppe Teppich χαλί alfombra, tapete matto moquette sag tappeto カーペット 카펫 tapijt teppe dywan carpete ковер matta พรม halı thảm 地毯

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The Ladies' Aid bought it for me--and wasn't it lovely of them, when they wanted the carpet so?

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The carpet - of Saxony material - is quite half an inch thick, and is of the same crimson ground, relieved simply by the appearance of a gold cord (like that festooning the curtains) slightly relieved above the surface of the ground, and thrown upon it in such a manner as to form a succession of short irregular curves - one occasionally overlaying the other.

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Two women-servants came out with pails and brooms and brushes, and gave the sidewalk a thorough scrubbing; meanwhile two others scrubbed the four marble steps which led up to the door; beyond these we could see some men-servants taking up the carpet of the grand staircase.

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A broad green carpet was unrolling itself upon the desert, while advancing across the carpet was a wonderful procession that made the girl open her eyes in amazement as she gazed.

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So long as the shaking lasts, and the two parties are kept the carpet's length apart, it is as innocent an amusement as can well be devised; but when the folding begins, and the distance between them gets gradually lessened from one half its former length to a quarter, and then to an eighth, and then to a sixteenth, and then to a thirty-second, if the carpet be long enough, it becomes dangerous.

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'So you would carpet your room - or your husband's room, if you were a grown woman, and had a husband - with representations of flowers, would you?' said the gentleman.

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Altogether, the box was the most ordinary box in the world, with its red hangings, its chairs, its carpet and its ledge covered in red velvet.

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Once she stopped, and taking off her wedding ring, flung it upon the carpet. When she saw it lying there, she stamped her heel upon it, striving to crush it.

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Two vases were smashed on the mantelpiece and one on the carpet.

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The room into which we were shown was that in which the crime had been committed, but no trace of it now remained save an ugly, irregular stain upon the carpet. 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.

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He heard those around him disputing in whispers and one of them insisting that he should be led along a certain carpet. After that they took his right hand, placed it on something, and told him to hold a pair of compasses to his left breast with the other hand and to repeat after someone who read aloud an oath of fidelity to the laws of the Order.

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Passing through the dining room, a room not very large, with dark, paneled walls, Stepan Arkadyevitch and Levin walked over the soft carpet to the half-dark study, lighted up by a single lamp with a big dark shade.