Bandage

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bandage \Band"age\ (b[a^]nd"[asl]j), n. [F. bandage, fr. bande.
     See {Band}.]
     1. A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and
        binding up wounds, etc.
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     2. Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over
        or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a
        ligature.
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              Zeal too had a place among the rest, with a bandage
              over her eyes.                        --Addison.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bandage \Band"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bandaged}
     (b[a^]nd"[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bandaging}
     (b[a^]nd"[asl]*j[i^]ng).]
     To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the
     eyes.
     [1913 Webster] band-aid
     Band-Aid

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bandage
       n : a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured
           part of the body [syn: {patch}]
       v 1: wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose [syn: {bind}]
       2: dress by covering or binding; "The nurse bandaged a sprained
          ankle"; "bandage an incision"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  136 Moby Thesaurus words for "bandage":
     Ace bandage, Band-Aid, Mystik tape, Scotch tape, adhesive tape,
     application, band, bandaging, bathe, batten, bedazzle, belt, bend,
     benight, bind, bind up, binder, binding, blind, blind the eyes,
     blindfold, brace, bundle, care for, cast, cataplasm,
     cellophane tape, chain, cinch, cloth tape, compress, cotton,
     court plaster, cravat, cure, darken, daze, dazzle,
     deprive of sight, diagnose, dim, do up, doctor, dress, dressing,
     dust jacket, eclipse, elastic bandage, envelope, envelopment,
     epithem, excecate, fascia, fillet, flux, four-tailed bandage,
     friction tape, gauze, gift wrapping, gird, girdle, girt, girth,
     give care to, glare, gouge, heal, hoodwink, jacket, lace, lash,
     lath, leash, ligula, ligule, lint, list, make blind, masking tape,
     massage, minister to, nurse, obscure, operate on, physic, plank,
     plaster, plaster cast, plastic tape, pledget, poultice, purge,
     remedy, ribband, ribbon, roller, roller bandage, rope, rub,
     rubber bandage, shred, slat, sling, slip, snow-blind, spill,
     splice, spline, splint, sponge, strake, strap, strike blind, strip,
     strop, stupe, swaddle, swathe, taenia, tampon, tape, tape measure,
     tapeline, tent, ticker tape, tie, tie up, tourniquet, treat,
     triangular bandage, truss, wire, wrap, wrap up, wrapper,
     wrapping