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
Within seconds, she had undone the straps and was furiously bandaging the sashes around my waist.
Mabel Andrews came once to a meeting and in businesslike fashion explained the Red Cross dressings and gave a lesson in bandaging.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartShe stood by her table bandaging, washing small wounds, talking her bits of French, until one o'clock.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartHe hastened to cleanse and dress the wound, again bandaging the man's head.
Frank Merriwell's Pursuit | Burt L. StandishGet Frenchy especially; he knows something about bandaging and that.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls | Various
The splints and bandaging have served their purpose only too well, because callous is forming already.
The Terms of Surrender | Louis Tracy
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
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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