blanket

²blanket

verb

Definition of BLANKET

transitive verb

1

: to cover with or as if with a blanket <new grass blankets the slope>

2

a : to cover so as to obscure, interrupt, suppress, or extinguish <blanket a fire with foam> b : to interrupt the smooth flow of wind to (as a downwind ship) c : to apply or cause to apply to uniformly despite wide separation or diversity among the elements included <freight rates that blanket a region> d : to cause to be included <automatically blanketed into the insurance program>

Examples of BLANKET

1. Ice was blanketing the bay.
2. The fields were blanketed with flowers.

First Known Use of BLANKET

1605

Related to BLANKET

Synonyms: cover, carpet, coat, overlay, overlie, overspread, sheet

Antonyms: bare, disclose, display, divulge, expose, reveal, show, uncloak, uncover, unmask, unveil

Related Words: enclose (also inclose), enrobe, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, mantle, shawl, shroud, swathe, wrap; cloak, clothe, curtain, veil; circle, encircle, encompass

Near Antonyms: bring out, present; clarify, illuminate; advertise, air, broadcast, get out, proclaim, publicize, publish, spread

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