gauze

noun

\ ˈgȯz

Definition of gauze

1a : 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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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

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The bullpen’s failure is more acute because the rotation is being held together with gauze and spittle. — Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, "Cubs need to make a trade for a reliever, maybe two, maybe three, maybe . . .," 25 June 2018 Kerby said Stop the Bleed is advocating that trauma kits, containing instructions, tourniquets, gauze and gloves, be located at public places such as courtrooms or schools, and that the public become educated in their use. — Erin Edgemon, AL.com, "UAB surgeons advise how to help bleeding victims in Facebook Live event," 5 Feb. 2018 Through soliciting donations and selling coffee to commuters, Mr. Leccese raised $4,500 for the kits, which include trauma shears, tourniquets, gloves, highly absorbent gauze and an instruction card. — Leslie Brody, WSJ, "In Age of Mass Shootings, Boy Scout Projects Hope to Keep Schools Safe," 6 Jan. 2019 The cuts in the paintings not trashed received a stabilizing piece of black gauze on the verso side. — Peter Plagens, WSJ, "‘Lucio Fontana: On the Threshold’ Review: Creativity That Cuts Against the Grain," 22 Jan. 2019 Mave’s left arm ended in a cocoon of stark white gauze, a bandage covered the top of her head, and her 10 toes and five fingers were painted bright pink. — Nick Turse, Teen Vogue, "The Democratic Republic of Congo Has Humanitarian Crises Leaving Millions of Children In Danger," 14 Nov. 2018 After an extensive search, the leak was finally found and plugged with tape and gauze, and the air pressure inside the station has been stabilized. — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, "Russia: The ISS Air Leak May Have Been Sabotage," 4 Sep. 2018 My officers carry bleeding-control kits and learn how to apply a tourniquet and how to dress a wound with gauze. — As Told To Beth Dreher And Elissa Sanci, Woman's Day, "How to Keep Our Kids Safe in School as the Gun Debate Rages On," 25 Sep. 2018 Astronauts quickly patched the hole with epoxy on a gauze wipe, and the station’s pressure has been fine ever since. — Loren Grush, The Verge, "Russian cosmonauts are spacewalking to figure out the origin of a mysterious spacecraft hole," 11 Dec. 2018

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