[blan.ket] n [ME, fr. OF blankete, fr. blanc] (14c) 1 a: a large usu. oblong piece of woven fabric used as a bed covering b: a similar piece of fabric used as a body covering (as for an animal) "a horse ~"
2: something that resembles a blanket "a ~ of fog" "a ~ of gloom"
3: a rubber or plastic sheet on the cylinder in an offset press that transfers the image to the surface being printed -- blan.ket.like adj
[2]blanket vt (1605) 1: to cover with or as if with a blanket "new grass ~s the slope"
2. a: to cover so as to obscure, interrupt, suppress, or extinguish "~ a fire with foam" b: to apply or cause to apply to uniformly despite wide separation or diversity among the elements included "freight rates that ~ a region" c: to cause to be included "automatically ~ed into the insurance program" [3]blanket adj (1886) 1: covering all members of a group or class "a ~ wage increase"
2: effective or applicable in all instances