| Engels > Nederlands |
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| blanket |
| 1. deken |
| Engels > Engels |
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| blanket |
| 1. n. 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. |
| 2. n. A layer of anything. |
| The city woke under a thick blanket of fog. |
| 3. n. 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. n. A streak or layer of blubber in whales. |
| 5. adj. General; covering or encompassing everything. |
| They sought to create a blanket solution for all situations. |
| a blanket ban |
| 6. v. To cover with, or as if with, a blanket. |
| A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area. |
| 7. v. To traverse or complete thoroughly. |
| The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood. |
| 8. v. To toss in a blanket by way of punishment. |
| 9. v. To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| deken |
| 1. n-f. A blanket, warm textile cover |
| 2. n-f. (figuratively) A blanket, covering layer |
| Een deken van sneeuw bedekt de winterse tuin, die zich 's zomers met kleurige dekens van bloemen siert |
| A blanket of snow covers the wintery garden, which in summer is ornate by colorful flower blankets |
| 3. n-n. The permanent flooring of a fishery vessel |
| 4. n-m. A dean, certain priestly offices |
| 5. n-m. presiding over a chapter, as in a cathedral or collegiate church |
| 6. n-m. pastoral chief in a part of a diocese comprising several parishes |
| 7. n-m. A chairman in certain professional corporations |
| 8. n-m. A doyen, eldest, as in the corps diplomatique |
| 9. n-m. Some other presiding officers, e.g. of a neighborhood |
