Blanket
['blæŋkɪt]
Definition
(noun.) bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; 'he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep'.
(noun.) a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor.
(noun.) anything that covers; 'there was a blanket of snow'.
(verb.) cover as if with a blanket; 'snow blanketed the fields'.
(verb.) form a blanket-like cover (over).
Checker: Louie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.
(a.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.
(a.) A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
(v. t.) To cover with a blanket.
(v. t.) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
(v. t.) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.
Inputed by Joanna
Definition
n. a white woollen covering for beds: a covering for horses &c.—v.t. to cover with a blanket: to toss in a blanket.—n. Blank′eting cloth for blankets: the punishment of being tossed in a blanket.
Checker: Mandy
Unserious Contents or Definition
Blankets in your dream means treachery if soiled. If new and white, success where failure is feared, and a fatal sickness will be avoided through unseen agencies.
Typist: Molly
Examples
- He was riding a big gray gelding and he wore a khaki beret, a blanket cape like a poncho, and heavy black boots. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The girl put her head inside the blanket across the cave mouth. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The blanket that closed the cave door opened and light came out. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There in the corner wrapped in the blanket, Primitivo said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He had lain in a pile of straw in his sweat-soaked clothes and wound a blanket around him while he dried. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- So there is no loss, the gypsy said and pushing the blanket aside he came out into the dark. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Let fall the blanket. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The printing ink is applied with large rollers, and the damped paper having been placed carefully upon the stone, with blankets at the back, it is passed through the press. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But tomorrow, he thought, the beasts will come out of their hole and these that are now so comfortable will die warm in their blankets. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- And even if you exchanged blankets for the child--or books and firing--it would be impossible to prevent their being turned into liquor. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Shivering, dripping, and crying, they got Amy home, and after an exciting time of it, she fell asleep, rolled in blankets before a hot fire. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr. Trabb had sliced his hot roll into three feather-beds, and was slipping butter in between the blankets, and covering it up. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Hang some blankets to the fire. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The doctor had her put between blankets, for she was almost as wet as they that had been in the river, poor young thing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A few other topics of general interest were introduced by Mr. Brooke and wet-blanketed by Mrs. Brooke, and conversation languished. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Rudy