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