| blanket | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. blanket, cover | bedding that keeps a person warm in bed.; "he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep" |
| ~ afghan | a blanket knitted or crocheted in strips or squares; sometimes used as a shawl. |
| ~ bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding | coverings that are used on a bed. |
| ~ electric blanket | a blanket containing and electric heating element that can be controlled to the desired temperature by a rheostat. |
| ~ mackinaw blanket, mackinaw | a thick plaid blanket formerly used in the northwestern United States. |
| ~ manta | a blanket that is used as a cloak or shawl. |
| ~ security blanket | a blanket (or toy) that a child carries around in order to reduce anxiety. |
| n. (object) | 2. blanket, mantle | anything that covers.; "there was a blanket of snow" |
| ~ covering, natural covering, cover | a natural object that covers or envelops.; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. blanket | a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor. |
| ~ breeder reactor | a nuclear reactor that produces more fissile material than it burns. |
| ~ layer, bed | single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" |
| v. (contact) | 4. blanket | cover as if with a blanket.; "snow blanketed the fields" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| v. (stative) | 5. blanket | form a blanket-like cover (over). |
| ~ spread over, cover | form a cover over.; "The grass covered the grave" |
| adj. | 6. across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide | broad in scope or content.; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"; "granted him wide powers" |
| ~ comprehensive | including all or everything.; "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education" |
| envelop | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap | enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.; "Fog enveloped the house" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| ~ benight | envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness.; "The benighted peoples of this area" |
| ~ tube | place or enclose in a tube. |
| ~ capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize | enclose in a capsule. |
| ~ engulf | flow over or cover completely.; "The bright light engulfed him completely" |
| ~ sheathe | enclose with a sheath.; "sheathe a sword" |
| ~ cocoon | wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection. |
| ~ bathe | suffuse with or as if with light.; "The room was bathed in sunlight" |
| ~ enshroud, shroud, hide, cover | cover as if with a shroud.; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery" |
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