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becarpeting

becarpeting is the present participle and gerund of becarpet.

Meaning of becarpet

Verb

becarpet (third-person singular simple present becarpets, present participle becarpeting, simple past and past participle becarpeted)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To cover like a carpet.
    • And outside was the garden, with its lemon-trees growing in vast jars-like the jars of Knossos—but marked with Barberini bees; its white and red camellias becarpeting the soft grass with their fallen petals; […]1918, Harper's Monthly Magazine, volume 137, page 665

Questions about becarpeting

What is becarpeting the present participle and gerund of?
Becarpeting is the present participle and gerund of becarpet.

Words near becarpeting in the dictionary

  1. becards
  2. becare
  3. becaring
  4. becarpet
  5. becarpeted
  6. becarpeting
  7. becarpets
  8. becarve
  9. becarved
  10. becarves
  11. becarving

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