bandage

Speech parts

1. bandage - Noun

2. bandage - Verb

Meaning

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

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

To bind, dress, or cover, with a bandage; as, to bandage the eyes.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bind patch doctor sling garter support band dress nurse binder gypsum truss tat lint cover
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Antonyms

open break challenge dispute check contest
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Hypernyms

dress secure fix dressing fasten medical dressing

Hyponyms

sling truss cast ligate wrapping swathe

Phrases with the word

suspensory bandage triangular bandage bandage dressing ace bandage bound with a bandage spiral bandage

Derivatives

bandaged bandaging

Anagrams

Adangbe Dagbane

Examples

Neither am I the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds. I am not a sacrifice on their altars. Ayn Rand

The bandage will remain on the eyes of Justice as long as the Capitalist has the cut, shuffle, and deal. Bill Haywood

The body knows no pain, not like the soul. At least a nerve has limits, a body part a name. But the soul ... the soul ... There is no bandage -- even crying is in vain. Vanna Bonta

If I were personally to define religion, I would say that it is a bandage that man has invented to protect a soul made bloody by circumstance. Theodore Dreiser

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate. Robert G. Ingersoll

Bandage up your finger and take a walk in the village to see how many medical people you will meet. Bulgarian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Banda Aceh Banda Sea bandable bandage dress bandage dressing bandage skirt