0 past simple and past participle of blanket
1 to cover something completely with a thick layer:
Some authors are named, others are blanketed by collective anonymity; 'the political historian ' says this, and ' the economic historian' says something else.
The whole town, blanketed by a cloud of wood smoke, smelt tantalizingly of braaivleis (barbecue) and curry.
A smartly-run ship latter's sails would be blanketed, she would ensure that in port her yards would stop and present herself as a were all square, and on de-commissitting target.
We must not repeat the mistakes of the past where square miles of hillside were blanketed with conifers.
None of these rewarding and attractive occupations will exist once the coniferous forest has blanketed the moorland.
We know that this company has been blanketed, or, to change the metaphor, that the stranglehold has been put on it.
Long before even the 10-year pensioners were blanketed in, there was no actuarial principle left.
In other words, an area covering 300 square miles would be blanketed by this hydrogen explosion.
