Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Blanket \Blan"ket\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blanketed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Blanketing}.]
   1. To cover with a blanket.

            I'll . . . blanket my loins.          --Shak.

   2. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.

            We'll have our men blanket 'em i' the hall. --B.
                                                  Jonson.

   3. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by
      sailing to windward of her.

   {Blanket cattle}. See {Belted cattle}, under {Belted}.

Blanket \Blan"ket\, n. [F. blanchet, OF. also blanket, a woolen
   waistcoat or shirt, the blanket of a printing press; prop.
   white woolen stuff, dim. of blanc white; blanquette a kind of
   white pear, fr. blanc white. See {Blank}, a.]
   1. 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.

   2. (Print.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in
      the tympan to make it soft and elastic.

   3. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

   Note: The use of blankets formerly as curtains in theaters
         explains the following figure of Shakespeare. --Nares.

               Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
               To cry, ``Hold, hold!''            --Shak.

   {Blanket sheet}, a newspaper of folio size.

   {A wet blanket}, anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or
      discour?ges.

Source : WordNet®

blanket
     adj : 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"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
           [syn: {across-the-board}, {all-embracing}, {all-encompassing},
            {all-inclusive}, {blanket(a)}, {broad}, {encompassing},
            {panoptic}, {wide}]

blanket
     n 1: bedding that keeps a person warm in bed; "he pulled the
          covers over his head and went to sleep" [syn: {cover}]
     2: anything that covers; "there was a blanket of snow" [syn: {mantle}]
     3: a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a
        nuclear reactor

blanket
     v 1: cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields"
     2: form a blanket-like cover (over)