1
: a strip of fabric used especially to cover, dress, and bind up wounds
2
: a flexible strip or band used to cover, strengthen, or compress something
bandaged; bandaging
: to bind, dress, or cover with a bandage
bandage a wound
a bandaged ankle
Examples of bandage in a Sentence
Noun
He wrapped a bandage around his knee.
She put a bandage on the cut.
Verb
He arrived with a bandaged ankle.
her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully
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Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 9 May 2025
This compact kit includes a mix of waterproof, antibacterial, and flexible bandages to cover whatever comes your way.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2025
Mohammad Jahjouh, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Anderson’s wrist was bandaged by medics at the police barracks.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2025
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Noun
When Cody trips and falls in the grass, his friends band together to comfort him and get him a bandage for his boo-boo.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 9 May 2025
This compact kit includes a mix of waterproof, antibacterial, and flexible bandages to cover whatever comes your way.
—Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2025
Verb
One of her sons, 11-year-old Yusuf, his head heavily bandaged, screamed in grief as the shroud of his younger sibling was parted to show his face.
—Mohammad Jahjouh, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
Anderson’s wrist was bandaged by medics at the police barracks.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Bandage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bandage. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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bandage
1 of 2 noun
ban·dage
ˈban-dij 
: a strip of fabric used especially to cover and bind up wounds and as a means of applying healing medicines or ointments
bandage
2 of 2 verb
bandaged; bandaging
: to bind or cover with a bandage
Medical Definition
bandage
1 of 2 noun
ban·dage
ˈban-dij
: a strip of fabric used to cover a wound, hold a dressing in place, immobilize an injured part, or apply pressure see capeline, esmarch bandage, pressure bandage, spica, velpeau bandage
bandage
2 of 2 verb
bandaged; bandaging
: to bind, dress, or cover with a bandage
bandage a wound
bandage a sprained ankle
: to apply a bandage
bandager
noun
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