English Dictionary
Definition of “bandage”
bandage (ˈbændɪdʒ
)
Definitions
noun
- a piece of material used to dress a wound, bind a broken limb, etc
- a strip of any soft material used for binding, etc
verb
- to cover or bind with a bandage
Word Origin
C16: from French, from band strip, band²
Translations
- British English:
bandage
A bandage is a long strip of cloth that is tied around a wounded part of someone's body in order to protect or support it.We put a bandage on his knee.ˈbændɪdʒ NOUN We put a bandage on his knee.
- Spanish:
vendaje
nm
- French:
bandage
nm
- German:
Verband
nm Verbände
- Chinese: 绷带 n
- Arabic: ضِمَادة n
- Portuguese: ligadura nf
- Russian: перевязочный материал nm
- Croatian: zavoj nm
- Czech: obvaz nm
- Danish: bandage nutr
- Dutch: verband nnt
- Finnish: side n
- Greek: επίδεσμος nm
- Italian: fasciatura nf
- Japanese: 包帯 n
- Korean: 붕대 n
- Norwegian: bandasje nm
- Polish: bandaż nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: bandagem nf
- European Spanish:
vendaje
nm
- Swedish: bandage nnt
- Thai: ผ้าพันแผล n
- Turkish: sargı n
- Vietnamese: băng dán cứu thương n
- British English:
bandage
If you bandage a wound or part of someone's body, you tie a bandage round it....a man with a bandaged head.ˈbændɪdʒ VERB ...a man with a bandaged head.
- Spanish:
vendar
v
- French:
bander
vt
- German:
verbinden
v
- Chinese: 打绷带 v
- Arabic: يُضَمِّدُ n
- Portuguese: ligar v
- Russian: накладывать повязку v
- Croatian: poviti v
- Czech: obvázat v obvazovat
- Danish: forbinde v
- Dutch: verbinden v
- Finnish: sitoa v
- Greek: επιδένω v
- Italian: fasciare v
- Japanese: 包帯をする v
- Korean: 붕대를 감다 v
- Norwegian: forbinde v
- Polish: zabandażować v bandażować
- Brazilian Portuguese: enfaixar v
- European Spanish:
vendar
v
- Swedish: förbinda v
- Thai: พันแผล v
- Turkish: sarmak v
- Vietnamese: băng bó v
Usage examples
A dirty white bandage had been wrapped tightly across the eyes.
O'Connor, Joe, Desperadoes (1994)My eye will get all puffy, and to alleviate people's feelings of undue sympathy, I put a bandage on it.
NME (New Musical Express) (2002)And look -- Big Ted has a bandage on his arm where he used an infected needle.
The Australian (2004)The strike star needed to go off for treatment and to have a bandage put on.
Sun, News of the World (2002)Cover the pack with plastic and use the bandage to hold the whole thing in place.
Chaitow, Leon, Water Therapy (1994)
