Blanket

–noun

1.	a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used esp. for warmth as a bed covering.

2.	a similar piece of fabric used as a covering for a horse, dog, etc.

3.	the chief garment traditionally worn by some American Indians.

4.	any extended covering or layer: a blanket of snow.

5.

Printing. a. (in a press for offset printing) the rubber-covered cylinder to which an inked impression is transferred from the 875 plate for transfer directly to the paper. b. (in a press for letterpress printing) the resilient covering on the cylinder against which the paper is pressed in printing.

6.	a thick roll or strip of material for thermal insulation.

–verb (used with object)

7.	to cover with or as with a blanket: wild flowers blanketing the hillside.

8.	to obscure or obstruct; interfere with; overpower (usually fol. by out): An electrical storm blanketed out the radio program.

9.	to toss (someone) in a blanket, as in fraternity hazing.

10.	Nautical. (of a vessel) to take wind from the sails of (another vessel) by passing closely to windward.

–adjective

11.	covering or intended to cover a large group or class of things, conditions, situations, etc.: a blanket proposal; a blanket indictment.

—Idiom

12.	born on the wrong side of the blanket, born out of wedlock.