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band⋅age

[ban-dij] noun, verb, -aged, -ag⋅ing.
–noun
1. a strip of cloth or other material used to bind up a wound, sore, sprain, etc.
2. anything used as a band or ligature.
–verb (used with object)
3. to bind or cover with a bandage: to bandage the ankles of a football player to prevent sprains.
–verb (used without object)
4. to put a bandage on a wound, sprain, etc.: Apply some iodine before you bandage.

Origin:
1590–1600; < MF; see band 2 , -age


band⋅ag⋅er, noun


1. dressing, binding, compass.
band·age   (bān'dĭj)   
n.  A strip of material such as gauze used to protect, immobilize, compress, or support a wound or injured body part.
tr.v.   band·aged, band·ag·ing, band·ag·es
To apply a bandage to.

[French, from Old French bande, band, strip; see band1.]
band'ag·er n.

Bandage

Band"age\, n. [F. bandage, fr. bande. See Band.]

1. A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc.

2. Something resembling a bandage; that which is bound over or round something to cover, strengthen, or compress it; a ligature.

Zeal too had a place among the rest, with a bandage over her eyes. --Addison.

Bandage

Band"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bandaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Bandaging (?).] To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.
Language Translation for : bandage
Spanish: venda, vendaje,
German: der Verband,
Japanese: 包帯

bandage 
1599, from M.Fr. bandage, from O.Fr. bander "to bind," from bande "a strip" (see band (1)). Band-Aid, trademark registered 1924 by Johnson & Johnson. The British equivalent was Elastoplast. Fig. sense of "temporary or makeshift solution to a problem" (in lower case) is first recorded 1968.

Main Entry: 1ban·dage
Pronunciation: 'ban-dij
Function: noun
: 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

Main Entry: 2bandage
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: ban·daged;ban·dag·ing
transitive senses
: to bind, dress,or cover with a bandage <bandage a wound> <bandage a sprained ankle> bandage intransitive senses
: to apply a bandage —ban·dag·er noun

bandage band·age (bān'dĭj)
n.
A strip of material such as gauze used to protect, immobilize, compress, or support a wound or injured body part. v. band·aged, band·ag·ing, band·ag·es
To apply a bandage to.

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