Present participle of blanket; the act of covering completely with a blanket or layer of something; or suppressing or concealing something.
From blanket plus -ing, forming the present participle. The -ing form has been used since Old English for continuous actions.
Snow blanketing the landscape overnight creates that magical silent morning—the verb captures the action of a complete, uniform covering that changes everything visually.
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