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# bandage

noun (a bandage, bandages); verb (bandage, bandages, bandaged, bandaging)

«bandage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A bandage is a strip of cloth or soft material wrapped around a part of the body to cover and protect a wound or support an injury. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandage/#m1)
2. To bandage means to wrap a bandage around a part of the body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandage/#m2)

### In the lessons

In first aid lessons, children learn that a bandage keeps a wound clean, presses to stop bleeding, and holds a dressing in place; it should be firm but not so tight it stops blood flow (check that fingers or toes stay warm and pink). A first aid kit has bandages and plasters. In stories a bandage shows someone has been hurt. Phrases: «put on a bandage», «wrap in a bandage», «a crêpe bandage», «a triangular bandage», «sling».

### Examples

- The nurse put a bandage round my sprained ankle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandage/#x1)
- Dad bandaged my knee after I fell off my bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandage/#x2)
- Don't wrap the bandage too tightly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandage/#x3)
- The first aid kit has bandages and plasters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandage/#x4)
- His arm was in a bandage and a sling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandage/#x5)
- The mummy in the museum was wrapped in bandages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandage/#x6)
- We practised bandaging each other in first aid club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandage/#x7)
- She took the bandage off after a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandage/#x8)
- If Nana had been with them, she would have had a bandage round Michael’s forehead by this time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandage/#x9)

### Note

Countable: «a bandage, bandages». In the US, «Band-Aid» (a brand) is a small sticky bandage, called «a plaster» in the UK, Ireland and Australia (or «sticking plaster»). A bandage that is too tight can hurt; loosen it if fingers go cold, blue or numb.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bandage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bandage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bandage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bandage.html) on Mova free.