(~s, bandaging, ~d)
1.
A ~ is a long strip of cloth which is wrapped around a wounded part of someone’s body to protect or support it.
We put some ointment and a ~ on his knee...
His chest was swathed in ~s.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ~ a wound or part of someone’s body, you tie a ~ around it.
Apply a dressing to the wound and ~ it.
...a ~d hand.
VERB: V n, V-ed
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Bandage up means the same as ~ .
I ~d the leg up and gave her aspirin for the pain.
PHRASAL VERB: V n P, also V P n (not pron)