Bandage

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  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage.
  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
  • noun. A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
  • verb. To apply a bandage to something.
  • 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
  • Word Usage
    "_The bandage twisted tightly by means of a windlass (stick) which is held by another bandage_"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fasten  fix  secure  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    apron  blanket  cloth  dressing  garment  
    Synonym
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    verb-form