1. (

• blanket

) cover as if with a blanket; "snow blanketed the fields" ;

2. (

• blanket

) form a blanket-like cover (over) ;

1. (

• across-the-board ,
• all-embracing ,
• all-encompassing ,
• all-inclusive ,
• blanket ,
• broad ,
• encompassing ,
• extensive ,
• panoptic ,
• wide

) 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" ;