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to carpet the living room

to carpet the living room

2.3
To cover the living room floor with carpet
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : alfombrar la sala
  • And she had carpeted the living room, too, in the sort of closely woven and subtly colored plush that would run thirty dollars a yard from the sort of flooring place that charged extra for carpet and pad.

Examples

  • They decided to carpet the living room with soft, beige fibers to create a cozy atmosphere.

  • It was time to carpet the living room in bright colors, making it more inviting for guests.

  • After moving in, we immediately wanted to carpet the living room to match our style.

Synonyms

to carpet
vsto carpet the living room
8 2.9

To cover a floor by fitting a thick soft covering

is limited to covering one specific room's floor rather than any floor

Antonyms

to uncover
37 2.7

Remove a cover to show what is under it

Surface Forms

carpet the living room infinitive
carpeted the living room past
carpeted the living room past participle
carpeting the living room present participle
carpets the living room third person singular

Morphology

carpet + the + live + room

The meaning is directly derived from the verb 'carpet' (to lay carpet) combined with the noun phrase 'the living room' (the room where people live); together they compositionally yield 'cover the living room floor with carpet.' This is a regular, literal combination following normal English verb + object patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.

Etymology

Carpet the living room comes from the simple action of laying a large cloth, the carpet, across the living room floor to cover and warm it. So it means 'to cover the floor of the living room with carpet'.