BANDAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bandage mean? 

• BANDAGE (noun)
  The noun BANDAGE has 1 sense:

1. a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body

  Familiarity information: BANDAGE used as a noun is very rare.

• BANDAGE (verb)
  The verb BANDAGE has 2 senses:

1. wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

2. dress by covering or binding

  Familiarity information: BANDAGE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BANDAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bandage; patch

Hypernyms ("bandage" is a kind of...):

dressing; medical dressing (a cloth covering for a wound or sore)

Meronyms (parts of "bandage"):

gauze; gauze bandage ((medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bandage"):

adhesive bandage (bandage consisting of a medical dressing of plain absorbent gauze held in place by a plastic or fabric tape coated with adhesive)

capeline bandage (bandage that covers the head or an amputation stump like a cap)

cast; plaster bandage; plaster cast (bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal)

compression bandage; tourniquet (bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure)

elastic bandage (a bandage containing stretchable material that can apply local pressure)

four-tailed bandage (a bandage consisting of a strip of cloth split in two on both ends; the central part is placed under the chin to restrict motion of the mandible and the tails are tied over the top of the head)

immovable bandage (a bandage of cloth impregnated with a substance (e.g., plaster of Paris) that hardens soon after it is applied)

oblique bandage (a bandage in which successive turns proceed obliquely up or down a limb)

roller bandage (bandage consisting of a strip of sterile fabric (of variable width) rolled into a cylinder to facilitate application)

scarf bandage; sling; triangular bandage (bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck)

suspensory; suspensory bandage (a bandage of elastic fabric applied to uplift a dependant part (as the scrotum or a pendulous breast))

swathe; wrapping (an enveloping bandage)

truss ((medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure)

Derivation:

bandage (dress by covering or binding)

• BANDAGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bandage    ... he / she / it bandages   
Past simple: bandaged   
Past participle: bandaged   
-ing form: bandaging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

bandage; bind

Hypernyms (to "bandage" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dress by covering or binding

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

bandage an incision

Hypernyms (to "bandage" is one way to...):

dress (apply a bandage or medication to)

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bandage"):

ligate (bind with a bandage or ligature)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he bandage his foot?

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

In addition, the injectable bandage should initiate wound healing response after achieving hemostasis.

(Injectable Bandage Created, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Standing in the window we saw that his left hand was swathed in a bandage and that his face was very grim and pale.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The old crone "nichered" a laugh under her bonnet and bandage; she then drew out a short black pipe, and lighting it began to smoke.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

This type of PIEZO2-dependent pain makes it very hard to apply bandages to burns and wounds that are important for healing.

(Study identifies gene that makes gentle touch feel painful after injury, National Institutes of Health)

Scientists have developed spray gun that uses a process called electrospinning to 'paint' on bandages with drug cocktails tailored to treat patients' wounds.

(Scientists Develop Spray Gun to Paint Bandages onto Wounds, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A bandage designed to provide pressure to a particular area.

(Compression bandage, NCI Dictionary)

The sixth had only risen upon his elbow; he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The affected area is then wrapped in a special bandage.

(Complex decongestive therapy, NCI Dictionary)

Between your brandy and your bandage, I feel a new man.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Twenty-four hours had passed since he had slashed open the hand that was now bandaged and held up by a sling to keep the blood out of it.

(White Fang, by Jack London)