bandage
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bandage
- /ˈbæn.dɪd͡ʒ/
noun bandages
- 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.
- 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.
- A provisional or makeshift solution that provides insufficient coverage or relief. This new healthcare proposal merely applies a bandage to the current medical crisis.
verb bandages · bandaging · bandaged
- To apply a bandage to something. 1879, Samuel Clemens (as Mark Twain), A Tramp Abroad, https://web.archive.org/web/20140811201712/http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=%2Ftexts%2Fenglish%2Fmodeng%2Fpublicsearch%2Fmodengpub.o2w ...they ate...whilst they chatted, disputed and laughed. The door to the surgeon's room
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Closest in meaning: bind, truss, band-aid, dressing, gauze, band, wrapping, plaster, dress, strip, bunch, cure, heal, selling, sell, sale
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noun medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
| Español | venda, vendaje |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 붕대 bungdae |
| 日本語 | 包帯 hōtai, 繃帯 hōtai |
| 中文 | 繃帶 /绷带 bēngdài, 綁帶 /绑带 bǎngdài |
| हिन्दी | पट्टी paṭṭī, पट्टा paṭṭā |
| Kiswahili | bendeji, plasta |
| Português | bandagem, atadura, curativo, penso |
| Français | bandage, pansement |
| Deutsch | Verband |
| Italiano | fasciatura, bendaggio, benda, benderella, fascia |
| Ελληνικά | επίδεσμος epídesmos |
| Română | bandaj, fașă, pansament |
| Русский | бинт bint, банда́ж bandáž, повя́зка povjázka |
| Tiếng Việt | băng, băng giữ, băng bó |
| العربية | ضِمَادَة ḍimāda, عِصَابَة ʕiṣāba |
| עברית | תַּחְבֹּשֶׁת takhbóshet |
noun strip of cloth bound blindfold
| Русский | повязка povjazka |
|---|
verb to apply a bandage to something
| Español | vendar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 包紮 /包扎 bāozā, bāozhā |
| Português | pensar |
| Français | panser |
| Deutsch | bandagieren, verbinden |
| Italiano | fasciare |
| Русский | бинтова́ть bintovátʹ, забинтова́ть zabintovátʹ, перебинтова́ть perebintovátʹ, перевя́зывать perevjázyvatʹ, перевяза́ть perevjazátʹ |
| עברית | חָבַשׁ khavásh |
Talk about this word "bandage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bandage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bandage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bandage "bandage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bandage.Cite this
@misc{bandage_2026,
title = {bandage},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bandage},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
