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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Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
But the second and third photos show Hart with several large bandages covering portions of his abdomen, and then the injury itself.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 19 May 2025
Lynn Zovighian, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
For the first 48 hours, her head was fully bandaged, a bit like a mummy, to control swelling.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 16 June 2025
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Noun
His mother wrapped bandages for the Red Cross and then became chairperson of Red Cross fundraising and his sister married another pilot.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
But the second and third photos show Hart with several large bandages covering portions of his abdomen, and then the injury itself.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 19 May 2025
Verb
Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it!
—Lynn Zovighian, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
For the first 48 hours, her head was fully bandaged, a bit like a mummy, to control swelling.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 16 June 2025
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“Bandage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bandage. Accessed 8 Jul. 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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