Thesaurus results for CARPETING

carpeting

verb

Definition of carpeting next

present participle of carpet

as in coating

to form a layer over leaves carpeted the lawn

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Recent Examples of carpeting During the rainy winter and early spring months, otherworldly photos of the park make the rounds online, showing brilliant yellow, pink, and purple blooms carpeting an otherwise lunar landscape. —

Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2026 The landscape is different here, with yellow and pale green grasses carpeting the foothills and peaks that are still capped with snow even in the warmth of September. —

Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for carpeting

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The show’s name referred to their self-identification as helpless babies overwhelmed by the pressures of modernity, comforted only by coating themselves in fancy serums and moisturizers to recreate the peaceful, placental insulation of the womb.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
These are Chinese, of course, and are made by coating duck eggs in a paste of salt, wood ash, lime, and black tea and burying them among rice husks in huge ceramic jars for 100 days.

— Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026