bandage
part of speech
noun (a bandage, bandages); verb (bandage, bandages, bandaged, bandaging)
meaning for a pupil
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 →
2) To bandage means to wrap a bandage around a part of the body. tree →
sense 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 →
- Dad bandaged my knee after I fell off my bike. tree →
- Don't wrap the bandage too tightly. tree →
- The first aid kit has bandages and plasters. tree →
- His arm was in a bandage and a sling. tree →
- The mummy in the museum was wrapped in bandages. tree →
- We practised bandaging each other in first aid club. tree →
- She took the bandage off after a week. tree →
- If Nana had been with them, she would have had a bandage round Michael’s forehead by this time. tree →
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.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bandage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.