gauze
noun
- thin translucent fabric with a open weave
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɡɔːz/ / /ɡɑz/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”).
- A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.
- A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
““I can’t wrap up any dog’s foot now. There’s some gauze in the bathroom, go get it and do it yourself.””
- A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.
- Ellipsis of wire gauze
- Mist or haze
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”).
- To apply a dressing of gauze; to cover with gauze.
“The lid [of the feeder] has a circular gauzed area that allows the syrup to permeate slowly.”
“I gauzed the deep cuts and gashes.”
- To mist; to make or become gauze-like.
“The wide plain gauzed into a sea on which the hut floated lonely.”
“It had come to be six o’clock; midges gauzed the air.”