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noun | verb carpetcarpet1 /ˈkɑrpɪt/ ●●● S2 noun ETYMOLOGYcarpet1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire to pull out 1 [countable, uncountable] heavy material for covering all of a floor or stairs, or a piece of this material → rug2be/get called on the carpet to be criticized by someone who has a higher rank than you, because you have done something wrong: Danson got called on the carpet by the Board about his excessive spending.3a carpet of leaves/flowers etc. literary a thick layer of leaves, etc. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire to pull out] → see also magic carpet, sweep something under the rug/carpet at sweep1 (13) noun | verb carpetcarpet2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcarpet |
Present | I, you, we, they | carpet | | he, she, it | carpets | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | carpeted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have carpeted | | he, she, it | has carpeted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had carpeted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will carpet | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have carpeted |
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Present | I | am carpeting | | he, she, it | is carpeting | | you, we, they | are carpeting | Past | I, he, she, it | was carpeting | | you, we, they | were carpeting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been carpeting | | he, she, it | has been carpeting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been carpeting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be carpeting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been carpeting |
1[usually passive] to cover a floor with carpet: The hall was carpeted in a depressing shade of green.2be carpeted with grass/flowers etc. literary to be covered with a thick layer of grass, etc. |