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blanketed
blan·ket B0312800 (blăng′kĭt)n.1. A large piece of woven material used as a covering for warmth, especially on a bed.2. A layer that covers or encloses: a thick blanket of snow.adj.1. Applying to or covering all conditions or instances: a blanket insurance policy.2. Applying to or covering all members of a class: blanket sanctions against human-rights violators.tr.v. blan·ket·ed, blan·ket·ing, blan·kets 1. To cover with or as if with a blanket: leaves that blanket the ground.2. To cover so as to inhibit, suppress, or extinguish: blanketed the grease fire with sand.3. To apply to generally and uniformly without exception: high telephone service charges that blanketed our region. [Middle English, from Old French, an unbleached soft cloth, from blanc, white, of Germanic origin; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | blanketed - covered with (or as if with) a blanketcovered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony" | TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeblanketblanketed Related to blanketed: run by, stand pat, arise from, lined up, finalisedWords related to blanketedadj covered with (or as if with) a blanketRelated Words |