bandage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbæn.dɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology
Etymology tree French bande Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French bandagebor. English bandage Borrowed from French bandage.
Meanings
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A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
[…]he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.
1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
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A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
[…] the president informed him that one of the conditions of his introduction was that he should be eternally ignorant of the place of meeting, and that he would allow his eyes to be bandaged, swearing that he would not endeavor to take off the bandage.
1844, Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo/Chapter_75The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…].
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
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(broadly, figuratively) A provisional or makeshift solution that provides insufficient coverage or relief.
This new healthcare proposal merely applies a bandage to the current medical crisis.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bandages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bandagelike · triangular bandage · adhesive bandage · T-bandage · liquid bandage · compression bandage · bandage dress · pressure bandage · living bandage · rip off the bandage
Relateds
Translations (181)
ug تېڭىق (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · nl bandage (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · be павя́зка (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · fi side (strip of cloth bound blindfold) · ca bena (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · kk жаратаңғыш (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · bn পটি (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ko 붕대 (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · nl zwachtel (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · pt atadura (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · grc κειρία (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · hy բինտ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · fj vadreti-taka (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · az bandaj (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · la infula (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ru повязка (strip of cloth bound blindfold) · mk завој (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · stq Biende (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · it fascia (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ur پٹی (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ar عِصَابَة (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · da bandage (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · rup fashi (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · grc τελαμών (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · be банда́ж (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ps پټۍ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · id balutan (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · nrf bandage (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · az sarıq (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · tg дока (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · fa بانداژ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · got 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌾𐌰 (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · lv pārsējs (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · yi באַנדאַזש (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ky бандаж (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ro bandaj (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · nb bandasje (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · egy s-b-n:V6 (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · crh bint (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · km ប៉ង់សឺម៉ង់ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · tr bandaj (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · mi tākaikai (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ru припарка (figuratively: provisional or makeshift solution) · ro fașă (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · et side (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · bg бандаж (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sk ovínadlo (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · he תַּחְבֹּשֶׁת (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · te కట్టు (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · be бінт (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · fi side (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sv plåster (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · th ผ้าพัน (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · haw wahīʻeha (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ru банда́ж (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ceb haklop (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · tt бәйләвеч (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · cop ⲥⲉⲃⲉⲛ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · vi băng bó (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · rgn ziròt (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sw plasta (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · uk бинт (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · vep sideg (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ja 包帯 (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · kmk bobod (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sv bandage (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · el επίδεσμος (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sa पट्टी (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ba бәйләүес (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · hi पट्टी (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sh завој (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · my ပတ်တီး (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · pl bandaż (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · is plástur (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · es venda (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · id bebatan (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · izh bintta (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ca embenat (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sk obväz (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · eu hesgailu (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · es vendaje (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · pt bandagem (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · la fascia (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ru повя́зка (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sh zavoj (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · cim béesa (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ka ბანდი (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ja 繃帯 (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · bn ব্যাণ্ডেজ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sw bendeji (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · et haavaside (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · id balut (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · txb śwele (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · fr pansement (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · egy Aa2:t-D40 (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · cmn 繃帶 /绷带 (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · uz bint (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · bo སྨན་རས (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · cy rhwymyn (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · hu kötszer (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · nb plaster (figuratively: provisional or makeshift solution) · mr मलमपट्टी (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ar ضِمَادَة (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · lt tvarstis (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · io bandajo (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · it bendaggio (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · lo ຜ້າພັນບາດ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · az bint (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · oc pensament (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · kn ಕಟ್ಟುಪಟ್ಟಿ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · lo ວະນະບັດ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · lt bintas (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · rup fashe (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · lo ພັນຜ້າ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · nn bandasje (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ka სახვევი (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · hu kötés (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · cs obinadlo (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · is umbúðir (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · rhg faththi (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · mi tāpi (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · bo རྨ་རས (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · tl bendahan (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · bg бинт (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · hy վիրակապ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ota صارغی (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ru бинт (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ms barut (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · uz bandaj (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · lo ຜ້າພັນແຜ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ro pansament (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · it benda (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · apw bee bikʼídisdizí (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sq fashë (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · mi takai (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · mkj ohdai (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · id bebat (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · cmn 綁帶 /绑带 (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · th ผ้าพันแผล (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sa पट्टिका (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ms balut (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · lo ວະນະພັນ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · eu lotura (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · fi laastari (figuratively: provisional or makeshift solution) · id barut (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · uk банда́ж (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · gd bann (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · tr sargı (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · vi băng giữ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ga bindealán (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · it fasciatura (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · mt faxxa (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · tr pansuman (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ru костыль (figuratively: provisional or makeshift solution) · ky бинт (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · mcq panesia (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · pt curativo (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · cs fáč (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · it benderella (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sl obveza (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · de Verband (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · km វណវេឋន៍ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · hi पट्टा (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sq fashaturë (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · eo bandaĝo (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · tg бандаж (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sk ovíjadlo (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · az sarğı (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · tg бинт (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · vro sidõ (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · tk sarag (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · gl venda (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · fr bandage (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · ms bebat (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · grc ἐπίδεσμος (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · uk пов'я́зка (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · vi băng (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · nl verband (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · pt penso (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · cs obvaz (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar) · sv förband (medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar)