Definition of "blanket" in English

noun

1. 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. A covering layer of anything.

   • The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.

3. 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. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

adjective

1. General; covering or encompassing everything.

verb

1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.

   • A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.

2. (transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.

   • The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.

3. (transitive) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.

4. (transitive) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.

5. (transitive) To nullify the impact of (someone or something).

6. Of a radio signal: to override or block out another radio signal.