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blanket

Decke

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
blanket
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Decke
3. [2] Bettdecke
Englisch > Englisch
blanket
1. subst. 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. subst. A layer of anything.
The city woke under a thick blanket of fog.
3. subst. 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. subst. 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.
Deutsch > Englisch
Decke
1. n-f. any cloth or cushion used as a covering; a tablecloth, blanket, quilt, duvet, etc.
Tischdecke - tablecloth
Bettdecke - blanket
unter einer Decke stecken - under a blanket
2. n-f. ceiling; roof (surface at the upper limit of a room or cavity)
Mir fällt die Decke auf den Kopf - The ceiling is falling on my head
3. subst. plural of Deck