gauze

noun \ ˈgȯz \

|Updated on: 30 Jul 2018

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Definition of gauze

1 a : a thin often transparent fabric used chiefly for clothing or draperies

b : a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing

c : a firm woven fabric of metal or plastic filaments

2 : haze

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gauzelike

play \ˈgȯz-ˌlīk\ adjective

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gauzily

play \ˈgȯ-zə-lē\ adverb

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Examples of gauze in a Sentence

He wrapped the wound in gauze.
wrapped in the pale gauze of a misty afternoon, the city seemed eerily romantic to the strolling lovers

Recent Examples of gauze from the Web

Police officers tried to stop the bleeding with combat gauze.

— peter nickeas, chicagotribune.com, "A small Michigan town mourns a 12-year-old girl slain in Chicago: 'She’s here with us'," 3 July 2018
The kits have a tourniquet, a chest seal that can be used for someone shot in the chest and trauma gauze that is able to stop bleeding in seconds.

— larry barszewski, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Broward commission condemns school shooting video game," 5 June 2018
Immediately after delivery, the baby’s eyes, mouth, and mucus membranes were wiped with the gauze.

— kate morgan, The Cut, "Everything to Know About Having a C-Section Versus Vaginal Birth," 15 May 2018
The portrait of Grace is in the guise of Rudolph Valentino, sideburns persuasively stippled and breasts bound invisibly with gauze cloth.

— arthur lubow, New York Times, "Influenced by Her Children, Laurie Simmons Exits Her Comfort Zone," 27 Apr. 2018
All of this is fiction, wrapped in the same conspiratorial gauze as countless other viral pseudoscience clips—but the McGill video cops to it just 40 seconds in.

— brian barrett, WIRED, "A ‘Cancer Cure’ Video Skewered Bad Science—and Went Viral Itself," 10 July 2018
His first proper record for Secretly Canadian was 2007’s Dressed Up for the Letdown, an ambling mix of precise folk and sprawling Americana, all wrapped under the heavy gauze of Swift’s growing production skills.

— will schube, Billboard, "Richard Swift, Prolific Songwriter and Producer, Spent Life Searching for Perfect Sounds," 4 July 2018
One of my more luminous memories of that odd year, 1974, was a dance performed in Central Park in New York by three long and lissome non-pregnant maidens in white gauze gym suits.

— charles mccabe, San Francisco Chronicle, "Motherhood???, Charles McCabe, 1975," 14 June 2018
Her mug shot showed a large gauze bandage on her neck and fresh pink skin on her shoulder.

— tonya alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Fiery crash into sheriff's office substation was deliberate, arrest report says," 4 May 2018

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Origin and Etymology of gauze

Middle French gaze

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First Known Use: 1561

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GAUZE Defined for English Language Learners

gauze

noun

Definition of gauze for English Language Learners

: a very thin cloth : cloth so thin that you can see through it
: loosely woven cotton that is used as a bandage

GAUZE Defined for Kids

gauze

noun \ ˈgȯz \

Definition of gauze for Students

1 : a thin fabric that allows light to pass through it

2 : loosely woven cotton used as a bandage

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gauze

noun \ ˈgȯz \

medical Definition of gauze

: a loosely woven cotton surgical dressing

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