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.
A layer of anything.
The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.
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.
A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.
To traverse or complete thoroughly.
The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.
To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.
To nullify the impact of someone or something.