Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A strip of material such as gauze used to protect, immobilize, compress, or support a wound or injured body part.
- transitive verb To apply a bandage to.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bind up or dress, as a wound, a fractured limb, etc., with a roller or bandage; cover with a bandage for the purpose of binding or concealing: as, to
bandage the eyes. - noun A strip, band, or swathe of cotton cloth, or other soft woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, stopping hemorrhages, joining fractured and dislocated bones, etc.
- noun A band or ligature in general; that which is bound over something else.
- noun In architecture, an iron ring or a chain bound around the springing of a dome, the circumference of a tower, or some similar part of a building, to tie it together.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.
- noun Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.
- transitive verb To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
strip ofgauze or similarmaterial used toprotect orsupport awound orinjury . - noun A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a
blindfold . - verb To
apply a bandage to something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
- verb dress by covering or binding
- verb wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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_The bandage twisted tightly by means of a windlass (stick) which is held by another bandage_
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Laboratory animal tests show that when the bandage is applied for just two minutes, the clotting agent stops the bleeding.
Archive 2003-02-01 2003
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After the bandage is removed, your child may shower, but should face away from the spray to keep water off the site, or sponge-bathe around the site.
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While the bandage is still on, you may spongebathe your child, taking care to keep the bandage dry and in place.
Arteriogram 2010
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Yet we continue to seek and affirm the message that offers a short-term bandage for our gaping spiritual wounds, all the while knowing at a deep level that what we're hearing is, at best, not the whole truth, and at worst, a brazen lie.
Christian Piatt: When Preachers Become False Prophets Christian Piatt 2011
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If a bandage is in place, you may remove it 24 hours after the procedure.
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Once the bandage is removed, your child may shower or take a bath.
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Your child may shower or take a bath after 24 hours, when the bandage is removed.
Sclerotherapy 2010
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Your child can shower or take a bath after the bandage is removed.
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After the bandage is removed, your child may shower or take a bath.
Arthrogram 2010
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