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blanket en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/ Received Pronunciation, General American, without æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • [ˈblɛ̝ŋ.kʰɘt] Broad
  • [ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kʰɪt] US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • /ˈblæŋ.kɪ̈t/ Conservative
  • [ˈblɛŋ.kʰɘt] General
  • [ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kʰət] US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel merger
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kʰɪt] ~ /ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kɪt/ US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • [ˈblæŋ.kʰɪt] Received Pronunciation, General American, without æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • [ˈblæŋ.kʰət] General American, without æ-raising, Australia, weak vowel merger
  • /ˈblæŋ.kət/ General American, without æ-raising, Australia, weak vowel merger
  • /ˈblɛ̝ŋ.kɘt/ Broad
  • /ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kət/ US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel merger
  • /ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kɪt/ US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • [ˈblæŋ.kʰɪ̈t] Conservative
  • [ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kʰət] ~ /ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kət/ US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel merger
  • /ˈblɛŋ.kɘt/ General
  • (UK) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English blanket, blonket, blaunket, from Old Northern French blanket, blancet (“white horse", also "white woollen cloth or flannel; a type of jacket”, literally “that which is white”) (whence Modern French blanchet), diminutive of blanc (“white”), of Germanic origin (compare Old English blanca (“white horse”); see more at blank). Furthermore, the sense "white woollen cloth" is likely a calque of Old English hwītel (“blanket; cloak, mantle”), from Old English hwīt (“white”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Compare also Old Norse hvítill (“a white bed-cover, sheet”), Norwegian kvitel (“blanket”). Compare also blunket, plunket. Displaced native Middle English whytel, from Old English hwītel (whence Modern English whittle (“blanket, cloak, shawl”)).

Meanings

  1. (attributive, not-comparable) General; covering or encompassing everything.
    • The second reason offered for blanket nonprosecutions for crimes committed at the megabanks involves the possibility that such prosecutions could harm the economy. 2017, Mary Kreiner Ramirez, Steven A. Ramirez, The Case for the Corporate Death Penalty, page 207:
    • By contrast, any emotional or motivational explanation of autism would seem to predict too blanket a degree of social disinterest. 2013, Eric Schopler, Gary B. Mesibov, Learning and Cognition in Autism, page 187:
    • Another observer offered a less blanket criticism. 1994, Deborah Dash Moore, To the Golden Cities:
    • Some others appear to be adopting a more blanket approach 2009, Gayle Letherby, Kate Williams, Philip Birch, Sex as Crime, page 57:
    • Disenchanted with socialism, they unleashed free enterprise (or tried to) and backed it up with a more-or-less blanket endorsement of the old ways. 2010, Jay Cassell, The Best Hunting Stories Ever Told, page 428:
    • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday wrote to his counterparts in Delhi, Haryana, Odisha and Rajasthan urging them to reconsider the blanket ban on sale of firecrackers in their respective States. 2021 October 15, “Stalin writes to four States CMs against blanket ban on firecrackers”, in The Hindu:

Synonyms

sweeping · catholic · broad · exhaustive · overall · across-the-board · blanket · comprehensive · all-encompassing · exhaustive · sound · all-embracing · thorough · all-encompassing · thick · all around

Translations (13)

bg цялостен (covering or encompassing everything) · de General- (covering or encompassing everything) · bg всеобхватен (covering or encompassing everything) · de umfassend (covering or encompassing everything) · de pauschal (covering or encompassing everything) · fi kokonais- (covering or encompassing everything) · de allumfassend (covering or encompassing everything) · de allgemein (covering or encompassing everything) · nl allesomvattend (covering or encompassing everything) · es general (covering or encompassing everything) · fi yleis- (covering or encompassing everything) · bg всестранен (covering or encompassing everything) · fr général (covering or encompassing everything)

blanket en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/ Received Pronunciation, General American, without æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • [ˈblɛ̝ŋ.kʰɘt] Broad
  • [ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kʰɪt] US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • /ˈblæŋ.kɪ̈t/ Conservative
  • [ˈblɛŋ.kʰɘt] General
  • [ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kʰət] US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel merger
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kʰɪt] ~ /ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kɪt/ US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • [ˈblæŋ.kʰɪt] Received Pronunciation, General American, without æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • [ˈblæŋ.kʰət] General American, without æ-raising, Australia, weak vowel merger
  • /ˈblæŋ.kət/ General American, without æ-raising, Australia, weak vowel merger
  • /ˈblɛ̝ŋ.kɘt/ Broad
  • /ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kət/ US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel merger
  • /ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kɪt/ US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • [ˈblæŋ.kʰɪ̈t] Conservative
  • [ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kʰət] ~ /ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kət/ US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel merger
  • /ˈblɛŋ.kɘt/ General
  • (UK) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English blanket, blonket, blaunket, from Old Northern French blanket, blancet (“white horse", also "white woollen cloth or flannel; a type of jacket”, literally “that which is white”) (whence Modern French blanchet), diminutive of blanc (“white”), of Germanic origin (compare Old English blanca (“white horse”); see more at blank). Furthermore, the sense "white woollen cloth" is likely a calque of Old English hwītel (“blanket; cloak, mantle”), from Old English hwīt (“white”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Compare also Old Norse hvítill (“a white bed-cover, sheet”), Norwegian kvitel (“blanket”). Compare also blunket, plunket. Displaced native Middle English whytel, from Old English hwītel (whence Modern English whittle (“blanket, cloak, shawl”)).

Meanings

  1. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.
    • The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him.
    • The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets. 1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC:
  2. A covering layer of anything.
    • There was no difficulty in sighting the semaphores from this timely warning to each one; but it would have been another matter if the driver had to peer continuously into that white blanket [fog] looking for them without any pre-warning. 1959 April 14, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 266:
    • In this case, the excavations were carried down to a depth of 3 ft. 9 in. below rail level, and pre-cast concrete slabs were laid between a 12 in. blanket of quarry waste and the ballast. 1948 March and April, “Notes and News: Slab Blanketing at Clapham Junction”, in Railway Magazine, page 131:
    • The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.
  3. A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.
    • A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate.
  4. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
blanket A dog wrapped within a blanket canonical lexicographic
blankets Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

blanket bath · blanket insulation · blanketlike · bath blanket · blanket party · blanket statement · blanket stitch · on the wrong side of the blanket · Chilkat blanket · Linus blanket · Slanket · blanket-stitch · blanket octopus · blankie · blanket bush · blanket bog · blanket lien · blanket head · overblanket · blanket loan · blanket sheet · blanket fort · pig in a blanket · put a blanket over · blanketmaking · blanketman · blanketly · fire blanket · Hoover blanket · saddle blanket · split the blanket · electric blanket · underblanket · receiving blanket · security blanket · blanket ass · blanky · blanket flower · Indian blanket · sauna blanket · space blanket · reblanket · big blue blanket · horse blanket · blanketflower · blanketless · unblanketed · throw blanket · California blanket · wet blanket · quarter blanket · blanket order · blanket finish · blanketmaker · dog in a blanket · on the blanket · blanketweed · blanket ballot · Murrumbidgee blanket · stick like shit to a blanket · blanket term · blanket ban · Hudson's Bay blanket · blanket chest · blanket-bomb · wet-blanket · point blanket · blanket-coat · tyre blanket · biliblanket · blue blanket · blankety · throw a wet blanket on

Descendants

blańket · blanket · blanketi · bl’aangkiit

Relateds

comforter · doona · duvet · quilt

Translations (242)

ltg koudre (fabric) · cs přikrývka (fabric) · bn রাজাই (fabric) · is ábreiða (fabric) · es cobija (fabric) · sva შართქუ̂ინ (fabric) · nb teppe (layer of anything) · gld полта (fabric) · ary بَطَّانِيَّة (fabric) · gu કાંબળો (fabric) · or କମ୍ବଳ (fabric) · acw بَطَّانِيَّة (fabric) · hu pokróc (fabric) · txu kubẽta (fabric) · uli bl’aangkiit (fabric) · mt kutra (fabric) · af kombers (fabric) · atv чорган (fabric) · scn cuperta (fabric) · sl odeja (fabric) · lt apklotas (fabric) · be ко́ўдра (fabric) · srn sribikrosi (fabric) · kxd selimut (fabric) · th ผ้าห่ม (fabric) · de Decke (fabric) · ar حِرَام (fabric) · bn কমলি (fabric) · gl cobertor (fabric) · sq batanije (fabric) · sh покрѝва̄ч (fabric) · unm ahkwiyàn (fabric) · nb teppe (fabric) · it coperta (fabric) · qu qata (fabric) · lzz ჲორღანი (fabric) · ccc katana (fabric) · bcl tamong (fabric) · ak kuntu (fabric) · twf pəolénemą (Hopi) (fabric) · ru покрыва́ло (fabric) · sh ćȅbe (fabric) · az yorğan (fabric) · csb deka (fabric) · za damj (fabric) · ha bargo (fabric) · ru покро́в (layer of anything) · el κουβέρτα (fabric) · es frazada (fabric) · cop ϩⲱⲃⲥ (fabric) · yi קאָלדרע (fabric) · ia copertura de lana (fabric) · ltg dečs (fabric) · tr örtü (fabric) · sa कम्बल (fabric) · ta போர்வை (layer of anything) · ko 이불 (fabric) · bg одея́ло (fabric) · bn কম্বল (fabric) · ga pluid (fabric) · fi peite (layer of anything) · tnl pəlagkət (fabric) · vec cuèrta (fabric) · sw blanketi (fabric) · fo teppi (fabric) · vec cuerta (fabric) · hu takaró (fabric) · acw بَطّانِيَّة (fabric) · ne सिरक (fabric) · bg покрива́ло (layer of anything) · ru слой (layer of anything) · tg курпа (fabric) · fi viltti (fabric) · as কম্বল (fabric) · sw blanketi (layer of anything) · syl ꠇꠦꠕꠣ (fabric) · ur کمبل (fabric) · fa پتو (fabric) · nb dyne (fabric) · grc λῶδιξ (fabric) · mn хөнжил (fabric) · es frisa (fabric) · eu manta (fabric) · vi chăn (fabric) · lt apklotas (layer of anything) · la lōdix (fabric) · de Schicht (layer of anything) · orv одѣꙗло (fabric) · be пакрыва́ла (fabric) · ivv ayob (fabric) · atv ньуурган (fabric) · et tekk (fabric) · aot kombol (fabric) · la strātum (fabric) · cy blanced (fabric) · alt јууркан (fabric) · ln bolangiti (fabric) · sv täcke (fabric) · cy tapin (fabric) · lt antklodė (fabric) · atv навырган (fabric) · ko 담요 (fabric) · sk plachta (fabric) · av юргъан (fabric) · mba habul (fabric) · mh ko̧o̧j (fabric) · pt manta (fabric) · gu કંબલ (fabric) · id selimut (fabric) · acw كُڤِرتا (fabric) · ka საბანი (fabric) · ast manta (fabric) · gu ધાબળો (fabric) · fi huopa (fabric) · mk ќебе (fabric) · de Lage (layer of anything) · jv kemul (fabric) · wym köc (fabric) · da tæppe (fabric) · pdt Dakj (fabric) · syl ꠔꠥꠡꠇ (fabric) · de Bettdecke (fabric) · sh де̏ка (fabric) · tk ýorgan (fabric) · mww pam (fabric) · it coltre (layer of anything) · xsv laze (fabric) · sh pokrivač (fabric) · fr couverture (fabric) · hy վերմակ (fabric) · km ភួយ (fabric) · ee kundru (fabric) · sva საბა̈ნ (fabric) · cr ᐊᑯᐦᑊ (fabric) · twf pisóloną (fabric) · ccc pestiklo (fabric) · ug ئەدىيال (fabric) · uk ко́вдра (fabric) · sk deka (fabric) · pt coberta (fabric) · es colcha (fabric) · my စောင် (fabric) · pt cobertor (fabric) · vi mền (fabric) · pam ulas (fabric) · ru пласт (layer of anything) · yi דאָכענע (fabric) · tr örtü (layer of anything) · sv lager (layer of anything) · ky көрпө (fabric) · ota بطانیه (fabric) · cs deka (fabric) · hi कंबल (fabric) · mfe molton (fabric) · ce йургӏа (fabric) · bg пласт (layer of anything) · nv beeldléí (fabric) · kmr lihêf (fabric) · cy planced (fabric) · sh ће̏бе (fabric) · ga blaincéad (fabric) · acw لِحَاف (fabric) · lut sʔic̓əb (fabric) · tr battaniye (fabric) · acw لِحاف (fabric) · lt užklotas (fabric) · pl koc (fabric) · sh dȅka (fabric) · sah суорҕан (fabric) · clt pang (fabric) · bn লেপ (fabric) · he שְׂמִיכָה (fabric) · ms selimut (fabric) · apw chʼid (fabric) · it mantello (layer of anything) · bal کمبل (fabric) · ca manta (fabric) · bo ཉལ་གཟན (fabric) · uk покрива́ло (layer of anything) · fa کمپل (fabric) · ar بَطَّانِيَّة (fabric) · mi paraikete (fabric) · eo litkovrilo (fabric) · lzz საბანი (fabric) · acw كفرتة (fabric) · ne कम्बल (fabric) · ba юрған (fabric) · grc ῥῆγος (fabric) · cmn 毯子 (fabric) · tt одеял (fabric) · uk покрива́ло (fabric) · ro pătură (fabric) · uk одія́ло (fabric) · ru покрыва́ло (layer of anything) · nmc bájò (fabric) · nl deken (fabric) · oj waabooyaan (fabric) · ta போர்வை (fabric) · ml പുതപ്പ് (fabric) · es manta (fabric) · evn хулла (fabric) · mr कांबळे (fabric) · jv singeb (fabric) · zlw-ocs deka (fabric) · inh ювргӏа (fabric) · sv filt (fabric) · crh yorğan (fabric) · es capa (layer of anything) · gd plaide (fabric) · atv дьуурган (fabric) · gl manta (fabric) · fi peitto (fabric) · uz adyol (fabric) · xmf შქართუნი (fabric) · chr ᎤᏁᎬᎭᎢ (fabric) · cy cylched (fabric) · de Wolldecke (fabric) · bn কাঁথা (fabric) · sq kuvertë (fabric) · kk көрпе (fabric) · lv sega (fabric) · io kovrilo (fabric) · fy tekken (fabric) · syl ꠞꠣꠎꠣꠁ (fabric) · twf kínemą (fabric) · sm palanikeke (fabric) · eve хулра (fabric) · as কমলি (fabric) · ar لِحَاف (fabric) · lo ຜ້າຫົ່ມ (fabric) · cy gwrthban (fabric) · tt юрган (fabric) · scn cutra (fabric) · ja 毛布 (fabric) · ro valtrap (fabric) · ba ҡатлам (layer of anything) · yue 被 (fabric) · st kobo (fabric) · ga ciumhais (fabric) · mh būļan̄kōj (fabric) · ang hwītel (fabric) · ru одея́ло (fabric)

wikidata: Q5852

blanket en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/ Received Pronunciation, General American, without æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • [ˈblɛ̝ŋ.kʰɘt] Broad
  • [ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kʰɪt] US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • /ˈblæŋ.kɪ̈t/ Conservative
  • [ˈblɛŋ.kʰɘt] General
  • [ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kʰət] US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel merger
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kʰɪt] ~ /ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kɪt/ US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • [ˈblæŋ.kʰɪt] Received Pronunciation, General American, without æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • [ˈblæŋ.kʰət] General American, without æ-raising, Australia, weak vowel merger
  • /ˈblæŋ.kət/ General American, without æ-raising, Australia, weak vowel merger
  • /ˈblɛ̝ŋ.kɘt/ Broad
  • /ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kət/ US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel merger
  • /ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kɪt/ US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel distinction
  • [ˈblæŋ.kʰɪ̈t] Conservative
  • [ˈbleɪ̯ŋ.kʰət] ~ /ˈblɛ̃ŋ.kət/ US, Canada, æ-raising, weak vowel merger
  • /ˈblɛŋ.kɘt/ General
  • (UK) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English blanket, blonket, blaunket, from Old Northern French blanket, blancet (“white horse", also "white woollen cloth or flannel; a type of jacket”, literally “that which is white”) (whence Modern French blanchet), diminutive of blanc (“white”), of Germanic origin (compare Old English blanca (“white horse”); see more at blank). Furthermore, the sense "white woollen cloth" is likely a calque of Old English hwītel (“blanket; cloak, mantle”), from Old English hwīt (“white”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Compare also Old Norse hvítill (“a white bed-cover, sheet”), Norwegian kvitel (“blanket”). Compare also blunket, plunket. Displaced native Middle English whytel, from Old English hwītel (whence Modern English whittle (“blanket, cloak, shawl”)).

Meanings

  1. (attributive, transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
    • […] / I will preſerue my ſelfe, and am bethought / To take the baſeſt and moſt pooreſt ſhape, / That euer penury in contempt of man, / Brought neare to beaſt, my face ile grime with filth, / Blanket my loynes, elſe all my haire with knots, / And with preſented nakedness outface, / The wind, and perſecution of the skie, / […] c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
    • In another damaging twist, former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis, who blanketed television networks after President Joe Biden’s victory to falsely claim he was elected because of fraud, reached a plea deal with Georgia prosecutors. 2023 October 25, Stephen Collinson, “Trump rages as former acolytes turn against him under legal heat”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2023:
    • Leaping lightly on his back he led the grateful horse in an easy canter back to the stable where he waited and watched as the stable girl rubbed him down and blanketted him. 1992, Ann C. Fallon, Dead Ends: A James Fleming Mystery, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 127:
    • The noise of the fire silenced the seabirds. Then snow blanketted the fire. Birds sang in the snow, and I awoke. 1994, Harold Brodkey, “Changing Room or What a Profane Friendship Is Like”, in Profane Friendship, San Francisco, Calif.: Mercury House, →ISBN, page 151:
    • The miners slowly walked up the steep crater walls, stopping frequently while clouds of sulfurous gas blanketed the crater in the background. 2015 February 25, Kevin McElvaney, “Inside Indonesia's Ijen Volcano”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016:
    • The whole world was shut away outside in blood-red glory, as he rocked in his cradle on the immaculate sea, where the warm air blanketted him above the water sheets cold below. 1963, Edwin Samuel, “Sun in My Eyes”, in My Friend Musa and Other Stories, London; New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Abelard-Schuman, →LCCN, page 3:
    • I see the moon go off watch and the darkness begin to blanket the river. 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VIII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 64:
    • A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area.
  2. (attributive, transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.
    • The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood.
  3. (attributive, transitive) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
    • Hang him, poore grogran-raſcall, pray thee thinke not of him: I’le ſend for him to my lodging, and haue him blanketted when thou wilt, man. 1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act III, scene ii, page 209:
    • Wee'll haue our men blanket 'hem i' the hall. 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act V, scene iiii:
  4. (attributive, transitive) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.
  5. (attributive, transitive) To nullify the impact of (someone or something).
  6. (attributive) Of a radio signal: to override or block out another radio signal.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
blankets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
blanketed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
blanketed Tense=Past lexicographic
blanketted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
blanketted Tense=Past lexicographic
blanketting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
blanketing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (22)

tr kaplamak (to cover) · fi peittää (to cover) · de decken (to cover) · de verdecken (to cover) · fi kattaa (to traverse or complete) · de durchstreifen (to traverse or complete) · tr örtmek (to cover) · bg покривам (to cover) · de abdecken (to cover) · nl bedekken (to cover) · de zudecken (to cover) · fr couvrir (to cover) · kix tàlòuh (to cover) · de abgrasen (to traverse or complete) · de abdecken (to traverse or complete) · tr kapsamak (to traverse or complete) · bg завивам (to cover) · tr sarmak (to cover) · de überdecken (to cover) · cmn 毯子 (to cover) · bg обхващам (to traverse or complete) · fr recouvrir (to cover)