n. | 1. | A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse. | ||||||
2. | (Print.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic. | |||||||
3. | A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
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v. t. | 1. | To cover with a blanket. | ||||||
2. | To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. | |||||||
3. | To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: cover |
2. | blanket - anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" Synonyms: mantle | |
3. | blanket - a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor | |
Verb | 1. | blanket - cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields" |
2. | blanket - form a blanket-like cover (over) | |
Adj. | 1. | blanket - broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, encompassing, panoptic, wide, broad |