"blankets" in the noun sense
1. blanket, cover
bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
"he pulled the covers over his head and went to sleep"
2. blanket, mantle
anything that covers
"there was a blanket of snow"
3. blanket
a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor
"blankets" in the verb sense
1. blanket
cover as if with a blanket
"snow blanketed the fields"
2. blanket
form a blanket-like cover (over)
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