BLANKET

I. noun see: blank Date: 14th century 1. a large usually oblong piece of woven fabric used as a bed covering, a similar piece of fabric used as a body covering (as for an animal) , something that resembles a ~ , a rubber or plastic sheet on the cylinder in an offset press that transfers the image to the surface being printed, ~like adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1605 to cover with or as if with a ~ , 2. to cover so as to obscure, interrupt, suppress, or extinguish , to interrupt the smooth flow of wind to (as a downwind ship), to apply or cause to apply to uniformly despite wide separation or diversity among the elements included , to cause to be included , III. adjective Date: 1886 covering all members of a group or class , effective or applicable in all instances