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Noun carpeting has 1 sense

rug, carpet, carpeting - floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)
--₁ is a kind of floor cover, floor covering; furnishings
--₁ has parts: edging
--₁ has particulars:

broadloom; Brussels carpet; drugget; flying carpet; hearthrug; Kurdistan; numdah, numdah rug, nammad; prayer rug, prayer mat; red carpet; runner; scatter rug, throw rug; shag rug; stair-carpet; Wilton, Wilton carpet

Derived form: verb carpet₃

Verb carpet has 3 senses

carpet - form a carpet-like cover (over)
--₁ is one way to cover, spread over

Derived form: noun carpet₁
Sample sentence:
Dust and dirt carpet the area
carpet - cover completely, as if with a carpet; "flowers carpeted the meadows"
--₂ is one way to cover

Derived form: noun carpet₁
Sample sentence:
The wind storms carpet the area with dust and dirt
carpet - cover with a carpet; "carpet the floors of the house"
--₃ is one way to cover

Derived forms: noun carpet₁, noun carpeting₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something