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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
     cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
     rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
     carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
     Harvest.]
     1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
        of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
        in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
        as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
        wrought cover for tables.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
              carpets and coverlets.                --T. Fuller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
        ``The grassy carpet of this plain.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle
        ({Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
        does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
        also called buffalo bug.
  
     Carpet knight.
        (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
            has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
            the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
        (b) One made a knight, for some other than military
            distinction or service.
  
     Carpet moth (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds
        on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several
        kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as
        Tinea tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
        
  
     Carpet snake (Zo["o]l.), an Australian snake. See Diamond
        snake, under Diamond.
  
     Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
        carpets.
  
     To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
        subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
        derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
  
     Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Carpet \Car"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Carpeting.]
     To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets;
     to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Carpet \Car"pet\ (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
     cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
     rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
     carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
     Harvest.]
     1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
        of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
        in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
        as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
        wrought cover for tables.
  
              Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
              carpets and coverlets.                --T. Fuller.
  
     2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
        ``The grassy carpet of this plain.'' --Shak.
  
     Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle
        ({Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
        does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
        also called buffalo bug.
  
     Carpet knight.
        (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
            has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
            the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
        (b) One made a knight, for some other than military
            distinction or service.
  
     Carpet moth (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds
        on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several
        kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as T.
        tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
  
     Carpet snake (Zo["o]l.), an Australian snake. See Diamond
        snake, under Diamond.
  
     Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
        carpets.
  
     To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
        subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
        derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
  
     Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Carpet \Car"pet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Carpeting.]
     To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets;
     to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
  
           Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  carpet
       n : floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric
           (usually with nap or pile) [syn: rug, carpeting]
       v 1: form a carpet-like cover (over)
       2: cover completely, as if with a carpet; "flowers carpeted the
          meadows"
       3: cover with a carpet; "carpet the floors of the house"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  carpet
     Αγγλικά n.
     το χαλί από τοίχο σε τοίχο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  carpet
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm carpette)
     n.
     1 A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or
  fulfilling its function.
     vb.
     1 To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
     2 (lb en transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet
  does; to blanket something.
     3 (lb en UK) To reprimand.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  carpet
     n.
     1 A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or
  fulfilling its function.
     vb.
     1 To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
     2 (lb en transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet
  does; to blanket something.
     3 (lb en UK) To reprimand.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  carpet
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm carpette)
     n.
     1 A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or
  fulfilling its function.
     vb.
     1 To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
     2 (lb en transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet
  does; to blanket something.
     3 (lb en UK) To reprimand.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  carpet
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm carpette)
     n.
     1 A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or
  fulfilling its function.
     vb.
     1 To lay carpet, or to have carpet installed, in an area.
     2 (lb en transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet
  does; to blanket something.
     3 (lb en UK) To reprimand.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  carpet
     Latina vb.
     (la-v-taivm 3 c arp et)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  carpet
     Engelska n.
     matta

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/
  mat

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/
  السجادة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  carpet //ˈkɑɹpət// //ˈkɑː(ɹ)pɪt// 
  кили́м
  a fabric used as a floor covering

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  carpet //ˈkɑɹpət// //ˈkɑː(ɹ)pɪt// 
  застилам
  to lay carpet

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/ 
  kobercový

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/
  rohož

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/
  koberec

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/ 
  carpedu 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/
  Teppich , Bodenteppich  [textil.]
        "face-to-face carpet"  - Doppelstuhlteppich, Doppelteppich
        "heather mix carpet"  - Teppich mit Melange-Effekt
        "form a carpet of leaves"  - einen Laubteppich bilden
   see: carpets, woven carpet, uncarpeted, magic carpet, keep one's feet on the ground, pull the rug (out) from under sb.
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/
  
  μοκέτα

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  carpet //ˈkɑɹpət// //ˈkɑː(ɹ)pɪt// 
  matto
  a fabric used as a floor covering

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  carpet /kɑːpit/
  tapis

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  carpet /kɑːpit/
  brat urláir, cairpéad

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/ 
  1. कालीन
        "They bought carpets from Kashmir."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/ 
  1. कालीन~बिछाना
        "They carpeted the stairs of the hall. "

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/
  sag, tepih, tepiha, zastirač, ćilim

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/
  szônyeg

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  carpet //ˈkɑɹpət// //ˈkɑː(ɹ)pɪt// 
  karpet
  a fabric used as a floor covering

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/
  tappeto

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  carpet //ˈkɑɹpət// //ˈkɑː(ɹ)pɪt// 
  カーペット, 絨毯
  a fabric used as a floor covering

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  carpet /ˈkɑ:pɪt/
  I.   1.  dywan, wykładzina
   2.  pokrywa
  II.    kłaść dywan, pokrywać dywanem

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  carpet /kɑːpit/
  tapete

From English-Russian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-rus ]

  carpet /kɑːpit/
  ковёр

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  carpet /kɑːpit/
  alfombra

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  carpet //ˈkɑɹpət// //ˈkɑː(ɹ)pɪt// 
  matta 2.
  a fabric used as a floor covering
   3.
  any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/
  1. halı, kilim, keçe
  2. halı gibi bir örtü meydana getiren herhangi bir şey. carpet beetle güve gibi yün yiyen bir böcek. carpet sweeper halı süpürgesi. carpet tack halı çivisi. call on the carpet azarlamak.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  carpet /kˈɑːpɪt/
  1. halı döşemek
  2. kaplamak
  3. (ing) azarlamak, haşlamak.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈkɑɹpət/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "carpet":
     Axminster, Brussels carpet, Caucasian rug, Chinese rug,
     East Indian rug, Indian rug, Oriental rug, Persian rug, Savonnerie,
     Turkish rug, Wilton, asphalt, berate, blacktop, body Brussels,
     broadloom, carpeting, causeway, cement, cobblestone, concrete,
     cover, deck, doormat, drop cloth, drugget, duckboards, earth, flag,
     floor, floor covering, floorboards, flooring, ground, ground cloth,
     ground-sheet, ingrain, lash, mat, metal, moquette, namda, nammad,
     parquet, pave, pavement, paving, pebble, rail, rate, rug, rugs,
     surfacing, take to task, tar, tell off, terra firma, throw rug,
     tiling, upbraid, vituperate, welcome mat, wig
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 地毯,毛毯;
  v. 铺以地毯,铺盖;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 毯子,地毯,地毯般覆盖物
     v. 铺盖.覆盖

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