gauze

«gauze» in Mova's school dictionary: a very thin, light cloth with tiny holes, often used to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (gauze; uncountable; a gauze pad)

meaning for a pupil

1) Gauze is a very thin, light cloth with tiny holes, often used to cover wounds. tree →

2) Gauze is a fine net of wire, used in science equipment and screens. tree →

sense in the lessons

In first aid and safety, a clean gauze pad or dressing covers a cut or scrape to keep it clean. In science, wire gauze sits on a tripod over a burner. Phrases: «gauze pad», «gauze bandage», «wire gauze».

examples

• The nurse put gauze over the cut on my knee. tree →
• A first-aid kit has gauze pads and bandages. tree →
• Press the gauze firmly to stop the bleeding. tree →
• The window had a gauze screen to keep out flies. tree →
• In science, the beaker sat on a wire gauze. tree →
• The fairy's dress was made of shiny gauze. tree →
• Better than all, he had two lovely gauze wings which carried him the whole day without getting tired. tree →

note

Uncountable: «a piece of gauze», «some gauze». Rhymes with «laws». Not to be confused with «gaze» (to look for a long time). Safety: use clean gauze from a first-aid kit and tell an adult about bleeding. Not a number word.

In the corpora

• and the gauze robes, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the mantles.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gauze» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.