| blanket |  | |
| 1. n. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting. | |
| The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him. | |
| 2. n. A layer of anything. | |
| The city woke under a thick blanket of fog. | |
| 3. n. A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed. | |
| A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate. | |
| 4. n. A streak or layer of blubber in whales. | |
| 5. adj. General; covering or encompassing everything. | |
| They sought to create a blanket solution for all situations. | |
| a blanket ban | |
| 6. v. To cover with, or as if with, a blanket. | |
| A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area. | |
| 7. v. To traverse or complete thoroughly. | |
| The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood. | |
| 8. v. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. | |
| 9. v. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her. | |
