Definition of "blanketing" [blan•ket•ing]

• Present participle of blanket. (verb)
• Cloth for making blankets (noun)
• Anything that covers like a blanket (noun)
• The act or punishment of tossing in a blanket. (noun)

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• "This blanketing is known as the natural greenhouse effect."
• "How is it that a man dismissed as a buffoon in his own community came to be a household name blanketing the national media?"
• "An enhanced greenhouse effect is expected to cause cooling in higher parts of the atmosphere because the increased "blanketing" effect in the lower atmosphere holds in more heat, allowing less to reach the upper atmosphere."