bandage
a strip of cloth or other material used to bind up a wound, sore, sprain, etc.
anything used as a band or ligature.
to bind or cover with a bandage: to bandage the ankles of a football player to prevent sprains.
to put a bandage on a wound, sprain, etc.: Apply some iodine before you bandage.
Origin of bandage
1Other words for bandage
Other words from bandage
- band·ag·er, noun
- re·band·age, verb (used with object), re·band·aged, re·band·ag·ing.
- un·band·age, verb (used with object), un·band·aged, un·band·ag·ing.
- well-bandaged, adjective
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How to use bandage in a sentence
So we’re now more than a year out from the release of After Hours’ first singles, all the bandages have come off, and he’s just totally botched plastic surgery.
Filled with 69 items, including bandages, dressings, gels, forceps, a thermometer, medication, wound care, and dehydration packets, this tool kit can take care of minor and major injuries or health concerns.
Even as the Tide downshifted in the fourth quarter – by which time Smith wore a heavy bandage on his dislocated finger and a T-shirt on his back, the game in the bag – they rang up 621 yards.
After all the disruption in college football, it was all domination for Alabama | Barry Svrluga | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostAfter cleaning up the blood and applying a bandage, he determined she was physically OK.
Behind the Scenes of Emily Harrington's Historic Climb | Andrew Bisharat | November 6, 2020 | Outside OnlineIt has everything you need, including bandages, an emergency blanket, duct tape, and essential medications, all weighing in at less than four ounces.
His arm bore a hospital bandage applied after he gave blood to try to help save his family.
EBay has reported a 200 percent increase in bandage dress sales since spring of last year.
Kim Kardashian Stopped Wearing Bodycon, and So Should You | Erin Cunningham | June 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the friends at the table, Aleksei Kniadliakovsky, had a fresh bandage around his head.
Get in, put a bandage over the problem, submit your bill to the insurance company, and get out.
Is Psychiatry Being Stumped By the Mental Illnesses It Has to Treat? | Matthew Tiffany | August 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTo make matters worse, many platform offenders pair the look with an equally outdated bandage dress.
His left arm, rudely bandaged in a shawl, hung heavy and useless at his side, and the bandage was saturated with blood.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensAnd for those there will be a chair by the fire, and something hot, or perhaps a clean bandage.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts Rinehart"I don't care to retrace all of mine," said Mr. Bradford, whose pale face wore a smile beneath its bandage.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonAnd then he raised his bandage, and finding himself in front of a house, examined it attentively.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereAnd he raised his bandage again, and, approaching the door next to that against which Bussy was standing, began again to examine.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, Pere
British Dictionary definitions for bandage
/ (ˈbændɪdʒ) /
a piece of material used to dress a wound, bind a broken limb, etc
a strip of any soft material used for binding, etc
to cover or bind with a bandage
Origin of bandage
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