blan|ket

blan|ket
blan|ket «BLANG kiht», noun, verb, adjective.
–n.
a soft covering knitted or woven from wool, cotton, nylon, or other material, used to keep people or animals warm: »

The campers wrapped themselves in blankets and slept near the fire. Figurative. A blanket of snow covered the ground.

–v.t.
1. to cover with a blanket or as if with a blanket: »

Figurative. The snow blanketed the ground.

2. to toss in a blanket, as a rough punishment or game.
3. to pass close to windward of (a sailboat or sailing vessel) so as to take the wind out of its sails: »

Both skippers are also skilled at the sly tactics of dodging blanketing [by] faking new tacks (Time).

4. to hinder, obscure, or silence (radio signals) by interference from a more powerful transmitter.
–adj.
covering several or all: »

a blanket guarantee to repair defects of any kind.

╂[< Old French blankete < blanc white. See related etym. at blank. (Cf. ↑blank)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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