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Another word for blanket

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Verb

  1. To extend over the surface of

      1. To open to a fuller extent or width; stretch:
      2. To make wider the gap between; move farther apart:
      3. To distribute over a surface in a layer:
      1. To lay or spread over or on.
      2. To cover the surface of with a decorative layer or design:
      3. To embellish superficially:
      1. To place something upon or over, so as to protect or conceal:
      2. To overlay or spread with something:
      3. To put a cover or covering on:
      1. A usually soft and close-fitting head covering, either having no brim or with a visor.
      2. A special head covering worn to indicate rank, occupation, or membership in a particular group:
      3. An academic mortarboard. Used especially in the phrase cap and gown.
    See also:

    put-on

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Another word for blanket

Modifier
  1. See also:

    comprehensive

    absolute

Noun

  1. A covering in the form of a layer

      1. A layer of a substance spread over a surface for protection or decoration; a covering layer.
      2. Cloth for making coats.
      1. To remove clothing or covering from:
      2. To remove or take off (clothing or covering):
      3. To remove an exterior coating, as of paint or varnish, from:
      1. A usually close-fitting case or covering for a blade, as of a sword.
      2. Any of various similar coverings.
      3. An enveloping tubular structure, such as the base of a grass leaf that surrounds the stem or the tissue that encloses a muscle or nerve fiber.
      1. A broad rectangular piece of fabric serving as a basic article of bedding.
      2. A broad, thin, usually rectangular mass or piece of material, such as paper, metal, glass, or plywood.
      3. A flat or very shallow, usually rectangular pan used for baking.
    See also:

    sheet

    cover

  2. Fabric used as a covering

      1. A loose outer garment, such as a cape.
      2. Something that covers or conceals:
      3. To cover or conceal with a cloak or something that acts like a cloak:
      1. A flat piece of coarse fabric or other material used for wiping one's shoes or feet, or in various other forms as a floor covering.
      2. A small flat piece of decorated material placed under a lamp, dish of food, or other object.
      3. A floor pad to protect athletes, as in wrestling or gymnastics.
      1. A floor covering consisting of a piece of heavy fabric, especially one that does not cover the floor's entire surface.
      2. An animal skin used as a floor covering.
      3. A piece of thick, warm fabric or fur used as a coverlet or lap robe.
      1. Of or relating to Afghanistan or its people, language, or culture.
      2. A native or inhabitant of Afghanistan; an Afghani.
      3. A person of Afghan ancestry.
      1. To propel through the air with a motion of the hand or arm.
      2. To propel or discharge into the air by any means:
      3. To cause to move with great force or speed; propel or displace:
      1. of, facilitating, or having to do with featherbedding
      2. to engage in or subject to featherbedding
      1. A short forceful exhalation of breath.
      2. A short sudden gust of wind.
      3. A brief sudden emission of air, vapor, or smoke.
      1. One that comforts:
      2. The Holy Spirit.
      3. A quilted bedcover.
      1. A blanket or fur piece for covering the lap, legs, and feet, as of a passenger in an unheated car or carriage.
      1. The coat of wool of a sheep or similar animal.
      2. The yield of wool shorn from a sheep at one time.
      3. A soft woolly covering or mass.
      1. Cloth, often made of wool, with a tartan or checked pattern.
      2. A pattern of this kind.
      3. A rectangular woolen scarf of a tartan pattern worn over the left shoulder by Scottish Highlanders.
      1. A coverlet or blanket made of two layers of fabric with a layer of cotton, wool, feathers, or down in between, all stitched firmly together, usually in a decorative design.
      2. A thick protective cover similar to or suggestive of a quilt.
      3. To make into a quilt by stitching (layers of fabric) together.
      1. To place something upon or over, so as to protect or conceal:
      2. To overlay or spread with something:
      3. To put a cover or covering on:
    See also:

    bedding

Verb
  1. See also:

    cover

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Sentence Examples

  • He will have a blanket of red each fall.

  • It was still snowing - huge flakes that lit softly on the heavy blanket of snow on the ground.

  • But first get a blanket and warm it, quick.

  • Jackson wrapped the blanket around her.

  • Finding nothing, she spread the blanket and lay down, pulling part of it over her body.

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