carpet

car|pet¹ W3S3 [ˈka:pıt US ˈka:r-] n

[Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: carpite, from Old Italian carpita, from carpire 'to pull out']

1.) [U and C]

heavy woven material for covering floors or stairs, or a piece of this material

→↑carpeting, rug ↑rug

▪ My bedroom carpet is green.

▪ All the rooms had fitted carpets (=carpets cut to fit the shape of the rooms) .

2.) a carpet of sth

literary a thick layer of something on the ground

▪ a carpet of flowers

3.) be/get called on the carpet

AmE informal to be criticized by someone in authority because you have done something wrong

▪ He was called on the carpet by his supervisors to explain his excessive spending.

→↑magic carpet,sweep/brush sth under the carpet at ↑sweep¹ (15)

carpet ²

carpet² v [T]

1.) [usually passive]

to cover a floor with carpet

▪ The building has been carpeted throughout.

2.) [usually passive] especially BrE informal to talk in an angry way to someone because they have done something wrong

carpet sb for sth

▪ Top officers were carpeted for bullying younger officers.

3.) literary if leaves, flowers etc carpet the ground, they cover it in a thick layer

be carpeted with sth

▪ The whole garden was carpeted with daffodils.