Definition of bandage
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
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Examples of bandage in a Sentence
He wrapped a bandage around his knee.
She put a bandage on the cut.
Recent Examples of bandage from the Web
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The campus bustled with outsiders, as the orphans called them — women from the Red Cross sitting at long tables making bandages.
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One man with a fractured leg was carried out Wednesday by a relative, surgical metal pins protruding through the white bandages.
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Sometimes the changes are minor, like giving a digitized bandage to a scraped knee after someone takes a tumble or masking a real-life baby bump that doesn't jibe with a character's storyline.
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Whether escaping the scrutiny of coworkers, family, or doctors, recovery resorts give medical tourists an opportunity to stay away until all the bandages are off.
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Lying in the hospital bed with bandages from head to foot.
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Nurses provided food, changed bandages, cleaned, and changed linens—but provided very little in terms of hands-on treatment.
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The idea of bandages festooned with cartoons is nothing new—
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The whole thing comes off as a lamely sexist piece of quasi-titillation, as Ahmanet writhes around various sets skimpily clad in bandages, and sucks the life out of her various victims by giving them a deadly kiss.
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Origin and Etymology of bandage
Middle French, from bande
bandage
Definition of bandage
bandaged
;bandaging
transitive verb
: to bind, dress, or cover with a bandage bandage a wound a bandaged ankle
Examples of bandage in a Sentence
He arrived with a bandaged ankle.
her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully
Recent Examples of bandage from the Web
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The other hand, which was bandaged, hung limply at his side.
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The doctors drained the blisters and bandaged up Nisbet's legs once more.
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Derek would decompress his personal tension by trying to bandage spirits as well as limbs.
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As noted above, the loss of Maxwell, Souder and McDermott are deep cuts that the Retrievers will have to bandage and heal.
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The 31-year-old Spaniard's pre-match routine includes a long series of rituals that include taking a freezing cold shower to invigorate himself before putting on his headphones while his trainer bandages his feet.
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The woman sought treatment at Tulane Lakeside Hospital in Metairie where staffers stitched and bandaged the wound, according to the report.
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The city of Tokyo offers a wildly popular, 323-page survival manual with tips on how to bandage a head wound with tights and make an emergency stove from foil and cooking oil.
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A couple of the kids are squeamish and went running, and Millie, our middle daughter, immediately started bandaging and hosing it off.
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First Known Use of bandage
1730
BANDAGE Defined for English Language Learners
bandage
playDefinition of bandage for English Language Learners
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: a covering (such as a strip of cloth) that protects or supports part of the body that has been hurt
bandage
Definition of bandage for English Language Learners
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: to cover or wrap (something) with a bandage
BANDAGE Defined for Kids
Definition of bandage for Students
: a strip of material used to cover and wrap up wounds
Definition of bandage for Students
bandaged
;bandaging
: to cover or wrap up (a wound) with a strip of material
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of bandage
: 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
Medical Definition of bandage
bandaged
;bandaging
transitive verb
: to bind, dress, or cover with a bandage bandage a wound bandage a sprained ankleintransitive verb
: to apply a bandage
bandager
nounLearn More about bandage
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