Synonyms of the word

bandage

• n. A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
• n. A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
• v. To apply a bandage to something.

bind

• v. (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
• v. (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
• v. (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
• v. (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
• v. (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• v. (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
• v. (transitive) To couple.
• v. (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other…
• v. (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or…
• v. (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
• v. (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
• v. (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
• v. (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
• v. (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
• v. (transitive, computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method…
• n. That which binds or ties.
• n. A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
• n. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
• n. (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
• n. (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.

dress

• n. (countable) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part…
• n. (uncountable) Apparel, clothing.
• n. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
• n. A dress rehearsal.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready.
• v. To adorn, ornament.
• v. (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting…
• v. (transitive) To treat (a wound, or wounded person).
• v. (transitive) To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
• v. (transitive) To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).
• v. (intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
• v. (intransitive) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other of the trousers.
• v. To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
• v. (transitive) To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
• v. (transitive) To bolt or sift flour.
• v. (military, transitive, intransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to…
• v. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.

dressing

• n. (medicine) Material applied to a wound for protection or therapy.
• n. A sauce, especially a cold one for salads.
• n. Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.
• n. The activity of getting dressed.
• n. (obsolete) Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
• n. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
• n. Gum, starch, etc., used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
• n. An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.
• n. (dated) Castigation; scolding; dressing down.
• n. (dated) the process of extracting metals or other valuable components from minerals.
• v. present participle of dress.

fasten

• v. To attach or connect in a secure manner.
• v. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.

fix

• n. A repair or corrective action.
• n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
• n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
• n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
• n. A determination of location.
• n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
• v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
• v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
• v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
• v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
• v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
• v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
• v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
• v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
• v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

patch

• n. A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen…
• n. A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
• n. A repair intended to be used for a limited time; (differs from previous usage in that it is intended to…
• n. A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location,…
• n. (specifically) A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
• n. An area of professional responsibility.
• n. A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty; an imitation beauty mark.
• n. (medicine) A piece of material used to cover a wound.
• n. (medicine) An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin; the drug…
• n. (medicine) A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
• n. A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
• n. (computing) A patch file, a file used for input to a patch program or that describes changes made to a…
• n. A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
• n. A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
• n. (often patch cable, patch cord, etc.; see also patch panel) A cable connecting two pieces of electrical…
• n. A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
• v. To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
• v. To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
• v. To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
• v. To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
• v. A temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
• v. (generally with the particle "up") To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner.
• v. (computing) To make the changes a patch describes; to apply a patch to the files in question. Hence.
• v. To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
• n. (archaic) A paltry fellow; a rogue; a ninny; a fool.

secure

• adj. Free from attack or danger; protected.
• adj. Free from the danger of theft; safe.
• adj. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
• adj. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
• adj. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
• adj. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
• adj. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly…
• adj. Overconfident; incautious; careless.
• v. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
• v. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against…
• v. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
• v. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.