Past tense of carpet
regular verb
The past tense of carpet is carpeted. The past participle is also carpeted.
Forms of carpet
| Base form (V1) | carpet /ˈkɑː.pɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | carpeted |
| Past participle (V3) | carpeted |
| Present participle | carpeting |
| Third person singular | carpets |
Carpeted in a sentence
- After the fire, they carpeted over the blackened hardwood flooring.
- Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema.
- Instead of dropping it, the teacher complained to the Head and Deb was carpeted.1992 June 24, Edwina Currie, Diary. From the entry head
- Inside her chamber, the cushiony touch of her carpeted floor was cloudlike.1988 February 19, David Wasserman, “Lace Panties”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry cloudlike
- Throughout, you'll discover a woodland carpeted with stag's-horn clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum), trailing pine (L. digitatum) and princess pine (L. dendroideum).2010, Bill Bowers, Eileen McNulty-Bowers, 50 Hikes in Central New York's Leatherstocking Country, →ISBN, page 114. From the entry stag's-horn clubmoss
Meaning of carpet
- noun A fabric used as a complete floor covering.
- noun Any surface or cover resembling a carpet or fulfilling its function.
- noun Any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae.
Questions about the past tense of carpet
- What is the past tense of carpet?
- The past tense of carpet is carpeted.
- What is the past participle of carpet?
- The past participle of carpet is carpeted.
- Is carpet a regular or irregular verb?
- Carpet is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: carpet (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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