n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1605
1 : to cover with or as if with a blanket <new grass blanket s the slope>
2 a : to cover so as to obscure, interrupt, suppress, or extinguish < blanket a fire with foam> b : to interrupt the smooth flow of wind to (as a downwind ship) c : to apply or cause to apply to uniformly despite wide separation or diversity among the elements included <freight rates that blanket a region> d : to cause to be included <automatically blanket ed into the insurance program>