blankets

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blankets noun

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.”
A layer of anything.“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.“A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.”
A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

blankets verb

To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.“A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.”
To traverse or complete thoroughly.“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.

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