Gauze

Noun

 * 1) A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
 * 2) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
 * 3) A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.
 * 4) Wire gauze, used as fence.
 * 5) Mist or haze

Verb

 * 1) To apply a dressing of gauze
 * 2) To mist

Adjectives for Gauze
theatrical; motionless; artful; vague; dappled; filmy.

Verbs for Gauze
apply—; bandage with—; brace with—; clean—; disinfect—; guard with—; join with—; sterilize—; strain through—; support with—.

Thesaurus
Ace bandage, Band-Aid, London fog, London special, adhesive tape, application, band, bandage, bandaging, binder, brace, cast, cataplasm, compress, cotton, court plaster, cravat, dressing, drisk, drizzling mist, elastic bandage, epithem, film, fog, four-tailed bandage, frost smoke, haze, lint, mist, pea soup, pea-soup fog, peasouper, plaster, plaster cast, pledget, poultice, roller, roller bandage, rubber bandage, sling, smog, splint, sponge, stupe, tampon, tape, tent, tourniquet, triangular bandage, vapor

Etymology
From gaze:, either from  قز: or from غزة:, a city associated with silk production.

Pronunciation

 * Homophones: gores (non-rhotic accents)
 * Homophones: gores (non-rhotic accents)
 * Homophones: gores (non-rhotic accents)

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Bosnian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 紗布, 纱布
 * Esperanto: gazo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ガーゼ
 * Romanian: voal tifon
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: газа
 * Roman: gaza
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic:
 * Bosnian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 紗布, 纱布
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: géz


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ガーゼ
 * Norwegian: gasbind
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: вата
 * Roman: vata


 * Dutch:


 * Finnish: kudottu metalliverkko,


 * Finnish: aitaverkko


 * Spanish: metálica