Bandage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A strip of material such as gauze used to protect, immobilize, compress, or support a wound or injured body part.
  • v. To apply a bandage to.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
  • n. A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
  • v. To apply a bandage to something.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.
  • n. Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.
  • v. To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A strip, band, or swathe of cotton cloth, or other soft woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, stopping hemorrhages, joining fractured and dislocated bones, etc.
  • n. A band or ligature in general; that which is bound over something else.
  • n. In architecture, an iron ring or a chain bound around the springing of a dome, the circumference of a tower, or some similar part of a building, to tie it together.
  • To bind up or dress, as a wound, a fractured limb, etc., with a roller or bandage; cover with a bandage for the purpose of binding or concealing: as, to bandage the eyes.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
  • v. dress by covering or binding
  • v. wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
  • Verb Form
    bandaged    bandages    bandaging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fix    secure    fasten   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ligature   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    towel    dressing    gauze    handkerchief    blanket    cloth    glove    apron    plaster    garment