Definizione monolingua

blanket

blanket (third-person singular simple present blankets, present participle blanketing, simple past and past participle blanketed)

1. (transitive) To cover.

   A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.

   • 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VIII

     I see the moon go off watch, and the darkness begin to blanket the river.

2. (transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.

   The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.

blanket (plural blankets)

1. A cloth, usually large, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

   The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.

   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacobs Room Chapter 1

     The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets.

2. A layer of anything.

   The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.

3. A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.

   A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.

blanket (not comparable)

1. In general; covering or encompassing everything.

   They sought to create a blanket solution for all situations.

Definizione dizionario blanket

	coperta
	cloth
	A large cloth used for warmth and for sleeping.

	coltre
	layer of anything
	A large cloth used for warmth and for sleeping.

caucciù

copriletto

lenzuolo

mantello

manto

piumino

sventare

tappeto

Altri significati:

In general; covering or encompassing everything.

(transitive) To cover.

A layer of anything.

A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.

(transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.

A cloth, usually large, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.