carpet
noun
a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
carpeted
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past participleof carpet.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof carpet.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
carpetnouna heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
Example Sentences
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The Daily Star leads on TV personality and presenter Ryan Clark who said he "carpeted for missing work because of an air traffic strike" at the BBC.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Swaths of the region are carpeted in grasses that each year grow and then die, creating what Acuña described as a patchwork of layers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
That the world is made of green fields carpeted with sweet grass, where nothing bad ever happens.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
On a recent spring day, the road that runs alongside the Guadalupe River leading up to Mystic was carpeted with purple wildflowers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
Then she closed the book, walked to her room, and flopped down on the carpeted floor.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
