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blanketing

verb

Meaning

  1. To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.
  2. To traverse or complete thoroughly.
  3. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
  4. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of it.
  5. To nullify the impact of someone or something.
  6. Cloth for making blankets.
  7. A layer of something that covers like a blanket.
  8. The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket.
  9. A manoeuvre in which one vessel covers or becalms another with its sails.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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