carpet

1. (transitive) To substantially cover something, as a carpet does; to blanket something.Examples: "Popcorn and candy wrappers carpeted the floor of the cinema."; "Georgian and Regency houses cluster picturesquely around the sloping village green, which in springtime is carpeted with daffodils."; "2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ The town of Tompasobaru, a six-hour drive from Tangkoko, is known for the fragrant cloves that carpet the front yards of homes, drying on tarps in the sun. But in the town’s open market, the air hung heavy with the metallic smell of the butcher’s wares."transitive

2. (UK) To reprimand.Examples: "Even Colonel Yakov, so recently carpeted by St Petersburg, was reported to be back in the Pamirs."; "At 4pm, the phone went. It was The Sun: 'We hear your daughter's been expelled for cheating at her school exams...' She'd made a remark to a friend at the end of the German exam and had been pulled up for talking. As they left the exam room, she muttered that the teacher was a 'twat'. He heard and flipped—a pretty stupid thing to do, knowing the kids were tired and tense after exams. Instead of dropping it, the teacher complained to the Head and Deb was carpeted."UK