blanketing
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kɪ noun
1.
blankets: The blanketing was too warm.
2.
Radio. the effect of a signal from a powerful transmitter that interferes with or prevents the reception of other signals.
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noun
1.
a large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially 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 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.
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 followed 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
Idioms 11.
covering or intended to cover a large group or class of things, conditions, situations, etc.: a blanket proposal; a blanket indictment.
12.
born on the wrong side of the blanket, born out of wedlock.
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is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a large piece of thick cloth for use as a bed covering, animal covering, etc, enabling a person or animal to retain natural body heat |
| 2. | a concealing cover or layer, as of smoke, leaves, or snow |
| 3. | a rubber or plastic sheet wrapped round a cylinder, used in offset printing to transfer the image from the plate, stone, or forme to the paper |
| 4. | physics a layer of a fertile substance placed round the core of a nuclear reactor as a reflector or absorber and often to breed new fissionable fuel |
| 5. | (modifier) applying to or covering a wide group or variety of people, conditions, situations, etc: blanket insurance against loss, injury, and theft |
| 6. | informal born on the wrong side of the blanket illegitimate |
| —vb | |
| 7. | to cover with or as if with a blanket; overlie |
| 8. | to cover a very wide area, as in a publicity campaign; give blanket coverage |
| 9. | ( |
| 10. | nautical to prevent wind from reaching the sails of (another sailing vessel) by passing to windward of it |
| [C13: from Old French blancquete, from blanc; see | |
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Word Origin & History
blanket
c.1300, from O.Fr. blanchet, dim. of blanc "white" (see blank). Originally "a white cloth" (a secondary sense of O.Fr. blanc). The verb is first recorded c.1600. Wet blanket (1830) is from the notion of a person who throws a damper on social situations like a wet blanket smothers a fire.
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Example sentences
Steam pours from the ground, blanketing us, and there's a strong stench of sulfur in the air.
In areas of heavy infestation, a dense, uniform stand of dark green leaves blanketing everything is a key field characteristic.
Blanketing a heartwarming stew with a flaky brown crust is a great idea whose time has come.
Now the city is in the process of blanketing itself with a wireless broadband network.
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