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A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

Example: The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.

A layer of anything.

Example: 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.

Example: 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.

Example: A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.

To traverse or complete thoroughly.

Example: 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.