bandage
[noun]
Synonyms:
- dressing, compress, gauze, plaster
[verb]
Synonyms:
- dress, bind, cover, swathe

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I. ban‧dage¹ /ˈbændɪdʒ/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: bande 'flat strip'; ⇒ band¹]
a narrow piece of cloth that you tie around a wound or around a part of the body that has been injured

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II. bandage² (also bandage up) verb [transitive]
to tie or cover a part of the body with a bandage:
The nurse bandaged up his sprained ankle.

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bandage
noun
ADJ. tight | loose | crepe
VERB + BANDAGE put on, wind around/round, wrap around/round Wrap the bandage firmly around the injured limb.
have on, wear | change, remove, take off
PREP. ~ around/round, ~ on She had a bandage on her arm.
PHRASES be in bandages, be swathed/wrapped in bandages He'll be in bandages for a few weeks.

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