What does "bandage" mean?
A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
Bandage
/ˈbændɪd͡ʒ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
- Grammar: bandage is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: ace bandage, adhesive tape, application, band.
- Useful contrasts: gashes, remove, slashing.
- Usage evidence: The nurse wound my leg with a bandage.
How to use "bandage"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
"[…]he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed."
- 2 a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body wordnet
- 3 A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
"[…] the president informed him that one of the conditions of his introduction was that he should be eternally ignorant of the place of meeting, and that he would allow his eyes to be bandaged, swearing that he would not endeavor to take off the bandage."
- 4 A provisional or makeshift solution that provides insufficient coverage or relief. broadly, figuratively
"This new healthcare proposal merely applies a bandage to the current medical crisis."
Verb
- 1 To apply a bandage to something.
"1879, Samuel Clemens (as Mark Twain), A Tramp Abroad, https://web.archive.org/web/20140811201712/http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=%2Ftexts%2Fenglish%2Fmodeng%2Fpublicsearch%2Fmodengpub.o2w ...they ate...whilst they chatted, disputed and laughed. The door to the surgeon's room stood open, meantime, but the cutting, sewing, splicing, and bandaging going on in there in plain view did not seem to disturb anyone's appetite."
- 2 dress by covering or binding wordnet
- 3 wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"The nurse wound my leg with a bandage."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "bandage"?
Common synonyms include: ace bandage, adhesive tape, application, band, band aid, band-aid.
How do you use "bandage" in a sentence?
The nurse wound my leg with a bandage.
How do you pronounce "bandage"?
Pronounced /ˈbændɪd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
Borrowed from French bandage.