blankets
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Definitions ofblankets
- 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.
- To nullify the impact of someone or something.
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