noun
                                                bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                anything that covers
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                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - there was a blanket of snow
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                cover as if with a blanket
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - snow blanketed the fields
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                form a blanket-like cover (over)
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                broad in scope or content
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                                                                                                        - 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"- T.G.Winner
- granted him wide powers