BANDAGE

bandage, patch

(noun) a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body

bandage

(verb) dress by covering or binding; “The nurse bandaged a sprained ankle”; “bandage an incision”

bind, bandage

(verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bandage (plural bandages)

A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.

A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.

(figuratively, by extension) A provisional or makeshift solution that provides insufficient coverage or relief.

Verb

bandage (third-person singular simple present bandages, present participle bandaging, simple past and past participle bandaged)

To apply a bandage to something.

Anagrams

• Adangbe, Dagbane

Source: Wiktionary


Band"age, n. Etym: [F. bandage, fr. bande. See Band.]

1. A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.

2. Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature. Zeal too had a place among the rest, with a bandage over her eyes. Addison.

Band"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bandaged (p. pr. & vb. n. Bandaging (

Definition: To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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