bandage
nounverbattested in dialogue
- //ˈbæn.dɪd͡ʒ//
A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
noun
- 1
A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
[…]he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.
- 2
A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
[…] the president informed him that one of the conditions of his introduction was that he should be eternally ignorant of the place of meeting, and that he would allow his eyes to be bandaged, swearing that he would not endeavor to take off the bandage.
The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…].
- 3
figurativeA provisional or makeshift solution that provides insufficient coverage or relief.
This new healthcare proposal merely applies a bandage to the current medical crisis.
Etymology
Etymology tree French bande Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French bandagebor. English bandage Borrowed from French bandage.
verb
- 1
To apply a bandage to something.
Forms
- plural
- bandages
- past tense
- bandaged
- past participle
- bandaged
- present participle
- bandaging
- third person singular
- bandages
bandage · A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
bandit · One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of…bane · A cause of misery or ruin.Bane · A surname.