(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one which you put on a bed to keep you warm.
N-COUNT
2.
A ~ of something such as snow is a continuous layer of it which hides what is below or beyond it.
The mud disappeared under a ~ of snow...
Cold damp air brought in the new year under a ~ of fog.
N-COUNT: usu sing, N of n
3.
If something such as snow ~s an area, it covers it.
More than a foot of snow ~ed parts of Michigan...
VERB: V n
4.
You use ~ to describe something when you want to emphasize that it affects or refers to every person or thing in a group, without any exceptions.
There’s already a ~ ban on foreign unskilled labour in Japan.
= comprehensive
ADJ: usu ADJ n emphasis
5.
see also electric ~ , security ~ , wet ~