Carpet
['kɑːpɪt] or ['kɑrpɪt]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(verb.) cover with a carpet; 'carpet the floors of the house'.
(verb.) cover completely, as if with a carpet; 'flowers carpeted the meadows'.
(verb.) form a carpet-like cover (over).
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
(v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
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Definition
n. the woven or felted covering of floors stairs &c.—v.t. to cover with a carpet:—pr.p. car′peting; pa.p. car′peted.—ns. Car′pet-bag a travelling-bag so called because usually made of carpeting; Car′pet-bag′ger one who comes to a place for political or other ends carrying his whole property qualification for citizenship with him in his carpet-bag; Car′pet-beat′ing the removing of dust from carpets by beating; Car′pet-bed′ding a system of horticulture in which plants are arranged in mosaic or geometrical designs; Car′peting material of which carpets are made: carpets in general; Car′pet-knight one dubbed a knight by mere court favour not on account of his military exploits—hence an effeminate person; Car′pet-mong′er (Shak.) an effeminate person; Car′pet-rod one of the narrow rods used to keep a stair carpet in its place.—On the carpet under discussion.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a carpet in a dream, denotes profit, and wealthy friends to aid you in need. To walk on a carpet, you will be prosperous and happy. To dream that you buy carpets, denotes great gain. If selling them, you will have cause to go on a pleasant journey, as well as a profitable one. For a young woman to dream of carpets, shows she will own a beautiful home and servants will wait upon her.
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Examples
- Sam put a few necessaries in a carpet-bag, and was ready for starting. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Well, Mr. Sawyer,' said Mrs. Raddle, planting herself firmly on a purple cauliflower in the Kidderminster carpet, 'and what's that to me, Sir? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It would pay him to get apiece of his head taken off, and cultivate a wen like a carpet sack. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When I went upstairs with him he pointed to several footprints upon the light carpet. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- How she hated walking up the churchyard path, along the red carpet, continuing in motion, in their sight. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She put her hand on the arm of her care-worn, sallow father, and frothing her light draperies, proceeded over the eternal red carpet. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Seated on the carpet, by the side of this basin, was seen Mr. Rochester, costumed in shawls, with a turban on his head. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- A spare parlour and bedroom I refurnished entirely, with old mahogany and crimson upholstery: I laid canvas on the passage, and carpets on the stairs. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Our rooms were large, comfortably furnished, and even had their floors clothed with soft, cheerful-tinted carpets. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We entered, and the pilgrims broke specimens from the foundation walls, though they had to touch, and even step, upon the praying carpets to do it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Having made this arrangement with great despatch, he assisted Mary in the long-deferred occupation of shaking the carpets. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The plaster of the parlour ceilings, the paper on the walls, the curtains, carpets, chairs, are still the same. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- More than that, we couldn't improve the mills themselves, unless we laid down Turkey carpets on the floors. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Carpets thus treated regain their original colors in all their freshness, the entire operation of washing and drying a large carpet requiring but two hours, and the carpet need not be taken up. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- She noiselessly paced to and fro the carpeted floor, her head drooped, her hands folded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We walked down the hall and down the wide thickly carpeted stairs. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- A small page admitted us, and we began at once to ascend the broad, well-carpeted stair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Some of these were carpeted and furnished with considerable elaboration. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The golden secretary darted through the room like a meteor with a dashing French-woman who carpeted the floor with her pink satin train. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The room was large, there was plenty of space, it was thickly carpeted. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was a green spot, on a hill, carpeted with soft turf. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The latter took a dozen warriors, including myself, and we raced across the velvety carpeting of moss to the little enclosure. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- In one corner of it stood a bed, covered neatly with a snowy spread; and by the side of it was a piece of carpeting, of some considerable size. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- CARPETING He set off down the bank, and she went unwillingly with him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Go, pick up my things, like a cherub, as you are, said Jo, dropping down under a maple tree, which was carpeting the bank with crimson leaves. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The grass was soft and fine and old, a level floor carpeting the court, the sky was blue overhead. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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