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recarpet

recarpet verb: to replace the carpet of.

Verb

recarpet (third-person singular simple present recarpets, present participle recarpeting, simple past and past participle recarpeted)

  1. (transitive) To replace the carpet of.
    • We're planning to recarpet the dining room.
    • Compared to the last time they'd tangled with the U.S. Navy's carriers, the antiaircraft fire had been much, much more effective, even if the Wildcats hadn't done particularly well in their intercepts. They couldn't know it, of course, but the officer aboard Enterprise who'd recommended recarpeting...2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 19:47 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022
  2. (India, transitive) To resurface (a road).

Forms of recarpet

third-person singular presentrecarpets
present participlerecarpeting
past participlerecarpeted
pastrecarpeted

Origin of recarpet

From re- + carpet.

Questions about recarpet

What does recarpet mean?
Recarpet means to replace the carpet of.
What part of speech is recarpet?
Recarpet is a verb.
What is the past tense of recarpet?
The past tense of recarpet is recarpeted.

Words near recarpet in the dictionary

  1. recareers
  2. recarnified
  3. recarnifies
  4. recarnify
  5. recarnifying
  6. recarpet
  7. recarpeted
  8. recarpeting
  9. recarpets
  10. recarriage
  11. recarried

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