|  carpet 
  
 
 1. floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) (Freq. 3)
 • Syn:
 rug, carpeting
 • Derivationally related forms:
 carpet (for: carpeting)
 • Hypernyms:
 floor cover, floor covering, furnishing
 • Hyponyms:
 broadloom, Brussels carpet, drugget, flying carpet, hearthrug,
 Kurdistan, numdah, numdah rug, nammad, prayer rug, prayer mat,
 red carpet, runner, scatter rug, throw rug, shag rug, stair-carpet,
 Wilton, Wilton carpet
 • Part Meronyms:
 edging
 2. 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
 • Hypernyms:
 natural object
 
 1. form a carpet-like cover (over)
 • Hypernyms:
 cover, spread over
 • Verb Frames:
 - Something ----s something
 - Dust and dirt carpet the area
 2. cover completely, as if with a carpet
 - flowers carpeted the meadows
 • Hypernyms:
 cover
 • Verb Frames:
 - Something ----s something
 - The wind storms carpet the area with dust and dirt
 3. cover with a carpet
 - carpet the floors of the house
 • Derivationally related forms:
 carpeting
 • Hypernyms:
 cover
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 
 
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