<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A large, rectangular piece of soft fabric, often with bound edges, used especially for warmth as a bed covering.</li><li>A similar piece of fabric used as a covering for a horse, dog, etc.</li><li>The chief garment traditionally worn by some American Indians.</li><li>Any extended covering or layer: a blanket of snow.</li><li>Synonyms: coating, overlay, mantel, coat, cover.</li><li>(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.</li><li>(In a press for letterpress printing) the resilient covering on the cylinder against which the paper is pressed in printing.</li><li>A thick roll or strip of material for thermal insulation.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To cover with or as with a blanket: wild flowers blanketing the hillside.</li><li>To obscure or obstruct; interfere with; overpower (usually followed by out): An electrical storm blanketed out the radio program.</li><li>To toss (someone) in a blanket, as in fraternity hazing.</li><li>(Of a vessel) to take wind from the sails of (another vessel) by passing closely to windward.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Covering or intended to cover a large group or class of things, conditions, situations, etc.: a blanket proposal; a blanket indictment.</li></ul>