blanket

1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.Examples: "A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area."; "[…] / 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, / […]"; "I see the moon go off watch and the darkness begin to blanket the river."attributivetransitive

2. (transitive) To traverse or complete thoroughly.Examples: "The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood."attributivetransitive

3. (transitive) To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.Examples: "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."; "Wee'll haue our men blanket 'hem i' the hall."attributivetransitive

4. (transitive) To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.attributivetransitive

5. (transitive) To nullify the impact of (someone or something).attributivetransitive