1
: a strip of fabric used especially to cover, dress, and bind up wounds
2
: a flexible strip or band used to cover, strengthen, or compress something
bandaged; bandaging
: to bind, dress, or cover with a bandage
bandage a wound
a bandaged ankle
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Examples of bandage in a Sentence
Noun
He wrapped a bandage around his knee.
She put a bandage on the cut.
Verb
He arrived with a bandaged ankle.
her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully
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Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
In the second slide, Spencer posted a photo showing a mid-calf gray boot on her left foot and a black ankle boot on her right — both wrapped in gauze and bandages.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Pintauro posted a video to Instagram on Dec. 1 that included several shots of the actor looking bruised and bandaged in a hospital bed, intercut with a long note explaining what happened.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Crusty blood was visible underneath a bandage on one elbow.
—Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
In the second slide, Spencer posted a photo showing a mid-calf gray boot on her left foot and a black ankle boot on her right — both wrapped in gauze and bandages.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
But the dictionary, its binding now faded and bandaged with tape, still rests on my shelf, a constant companion through my decades as a reader and writer.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Pintauro posted a video to Instagram on Dec. 1 that included several shots of the actor looking bruised and bandaged in a hospital bed, intercut with a long note explaining what happened.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Bandage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bandage. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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bandage
1 of 2 noun
ban·dage
ˈban-dij 
: a strip of fabric used especially to cover and bind up wounds and as a means of applying healing medicines or ointments
bandage
2 of 2 verb
bandaged; bandaging
: to bind or cover with a bandage
Medical Definition
bandage
1 of 2 noun
ban·dage
ˈban-dij
: a strip of fabric used to cover a wound, hold a dressing in place, immobilize an injured part, or apply pressure see capeline, esmarch bandage, pressure bandage, spica, velpeau bandage
bandage
2 of 2 verb
bandaged; bandaging
: to bind, dress, or cover with a bandage
bandage a wound
bandage a sprained ankle
: to apply a bandage
bandager
noun
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