blanket

a rubber surface used for transferring the image in ink from the plate to the paper in offset printing.
The blanket is a rubber surface that transfers the inked image from the plate to the paper in offset printing.
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blanket

take wind from the sails of (another craft) by passing to windward.
The experienced sailor skillfully blanketed the slower yacht, depriving it of wind and securing a clear path to the finish line.
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Close

make (a data file) inaccessible after use, so that it is securely stored until required again.
"a statement is used to close a data file"
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Close

The poet skillfully crafted a haunting image with a close that lingered in the mind.
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Studying

In-depth investigation and analysis (of a subject or situation).
He has spent several years studying mink.
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Head

1. short for headmaster or headmistress.
2. a toilet or bathroom on a boat or ship.
3. the word that governs all the other words in a phrase in which it is used, having the same grammatical function as the whole phrase.
4. a superficial deposit of rock fragments, formed at the edge of an ice sheet by repeated freezing and thawing and then moved downhill.
5. shoot or pass (the ball) with the head.
1. "The head of the school is responsible for making important decisions and leading the institution towards academic excellence."
2. "they were cleaning out the heads"
3. "In the sentence "I went to the store and bought some apples," "I" is the head of the phrase "I went to the store" and is the subject doing the action of going to the store. The phrase "went to the store and bought apples" is the subject of the whole sentence, and "went to the store" is the verb phrase dominating the entire sentence. "Bought apples" is a verb phrase as well, and "apples" is the direct object of "bought."
4. "During the retreat of the glaciers, it deposited a big plain of kettle holes and till ridges, a record of a time when the climate was colder, and the head of the glacier had advanced far south into the present landscape."
5. "a corner kick that he headed into the net"
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Head

a headache, especially one resulting from intoxication.
"After a night of heavy drinking, John woke up with a pounding head, regretting his excessive consumption of alcohol."
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