Meaning

• 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.

Meaning

• 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.

• To nullify the impact of someone or something.

Meaning

• General; covering or encompassing everything.

  "They sought to create a blanket solution for all situations."