Palavra Inglês do Dia

blanket

cobertor

Definições

inglês > português

blanket

1. Substantivo. cobertor

inglês > inglês

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.

português > inglês

cobertor

1. n-m. blanket, coverlet