blankets

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

“The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.”

A layer of anything.

“The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.”

A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.

“A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.”

A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.

“A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.”

To traverse or complete thoroughly.

“The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.”

To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.

To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.

To nullify the impact of someone or something.