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Definition of Band-Aid in English: Band-Aidnounˈbandeɪdˈbændeɪd North American trademark 1A piece of sticking plaster of a type having a gauze pad. she put a Band-Aid on Belinda's arm Example sentencesExamples - That's like putting a Band-Aid on a terrible sore.
- If you're stupid enough to only bring new shoes, bring lots of Band-Aids and Neosporin
- This is conveyed through the use of the Band-Aid plasters pasted on their faces.
- The entire time I was there, among nearly 200 people, not one person required first aid beyond a Band-Aid.
- Even a few drops of cheap booze will help dissolve the Band-Aid's stickiness, allowing the bandage to slide right off.
- I have a reputation as a klutz, so sporting Band-Aids or bandages is nothing unusual.
- Unfortunately, you can't put a Band-Aid over it when your heart hurts, and sometimes Mommy doesn't know how to fix what's wrong.
- Our need to acquire all manner of personal grooming products and implements has pushed out, in many directions, the narrow shelves where the Band-Aids and aspirin live.
- They sit on top of the refrigerator, next to the healthy but boring multiple vitamins and the kids' Band-Aids and lunch snacks.
- Indeed, on the front of the package is a drawing of a foot, with the Band-Aid strategically placed where the blister supposedly is.
- If you have steady hands and a tolerance for pain (you rip Band-Aids off for fun), go right ahead.
- Mona grabbed some gauze and a large Band-Aid and her jacket, and followed Cat to the back door.
- I was wearing jeans now instead of baggy shorts, and they covered the Band-Aids that now were plastered all over my legs.
- Part of the healing is being facilitated by wrapping our wounds in red white and blue Band-Aids, which are being applied with the light grace of front line field tourniquets.
- Cover with a loose bandage that will keep out the dirt, or a Band-Aid.
- They received ample rice to eat and had access to basic medical items like insect repellent, sunscreen, Band-Aids and iodine.
- Always, the kits had Band-Aids, surgical tape, bandages, and an ointment.
- But when you're bleeding, it's kind of nice to have a Band-Aid.
- At least the band-aids are Band-Aids… I can safely cover my small blister with one of those.
- When the dust settled from the incident and a Band-Aid was applied to Zimmer's nose, the accusations started flying.
Synonyms bandage, covering, plaster, gauze, lint, compress, ligature, swathe, poultice, salve - 1.1often as modifier A temporary solution, especially an unsatisfactory one.
a band-aid solution to a much deeper problem Example sentencesExamples - The administration's answer has been to put a Band-Aid on the problem.
- Most people, aside from social democrats, know that cancer needs surgical removal, because band-aid solutions only make life worse in the long run.
- There's no point in asking for what I want, because it might only be a band-aid solution, and I know it's not going to happen anyway.
- They knew there was no short-term, easy fix, there could be no band-aid approach.
- But, as it is with fads and band-aid solutions, the application of the new discourse became ugly.
- For starters, we re-examine our current band-aid approach to poverty.
- A related question is whether a search engine is just a band-aid solution to a poorly designed navigation system.
- She also described how the Federal Government tried repeatedly to solve the problem with band-aid solutions.
- The solution is not a band-aid approach but brain surgery.
- Until then, the party will attempt band-aid solutions.
- This crisis cannot be solved by band-aid measures, whether in the form of more repression or more lectures.
- The solution often is not to solve the root cause of the problem, but to put a band-aid issue on again, and so you have a further problem emerging.
- And just adding more troops to the borders, or building more fences to prevent people from coming into the country, it's like slapping a Band-Aid on the problem.
- A policy that aims to get to the causes of a problem will obviously be more effective than any band-aid approach.
- It's merely a band-aid solution that further entrenches our dependence on fossil fuels.
- These systems will now have to be built or rebuilt over the next several years and can't be fixed with a Band-Aid.
- But no policy Band-Aids will save the two nations' relationship.
- And it shows a desire for truly long-term solutions, not ridiculous band-aids like a gigantic wall to separate populations for security reasons.
- But even this is just a Band-Aid and the spending cuts will still be draconian.
Definition of Band-Aid in US English: Band-Aidnounˈbændeɪdˈbandād North American trademark 1An adhesive bandage with a gauze pad in the center, used to cover minor wounds. Example sentencesExamples - If you have steady hands and a tolerance for pain (you rip Band-Aids off for fun), go right ahead.
- I have a reputation as a klutz, so sporting Band-Aids or bandages is nothing unusual.
- At least the band-aids are Band-Aids… I can safely cover my small blister with one of those.
- The entire time I was there, among nearly 200 people, not one person required first aid beyond a Band-Aid.
- Indeed, on the front of the package is a drawing of a foot, with the Band-Aid strategically placed where the blister supposedly is.
- Mona grabbed some gauze and a large Band-Aid and her jacket, and followed Cat to the back door.
- They sit on top of the refrigerator, next to the healthy but boring multiple vitamins and the kids' Band-Aids and lunch snacks.
- Our need to acquire all manner of personal grooming products and implements has pushed out, in many directions, the narrow shelves where the Band-Aids and aspirin live.
- Even a few drops of cheap booze will help dissolve the Band-Aid's stickiness, allowing the bandage to slide right off.
- Unfortunately, you can't put a Band-Aid over it when your heart hurts, and sometimes Mommy doesn't know how to fix what's wrong.
- But when you're bleeding, it's kind of nice to have a Band-Aid.
- They received ample rice to eat and had access to basic medical items like insect repellent, sunscreen, Band-Aids and iodine.
- This is conveyed through the use of the Band-Aid plasters pasted on their faces.
- Part of the healing is being facilitated by wrapping our wounds in red white and blue Band-Aids, which are being applied with the light grace of front line field tourniquets.
- I was wearing jeans now instead of baggy shorts, and they covered the Band-Aids that now were plastered all over my legs.
- If you're stupid enough to only bring new shoes, bring lots of Band-Aids and Neosporin
- Always, the kits had Band-Aids, surgical tape, bandages, and an ointment.
- That's like putting a Band-Aid on a terrible sore.
- When the dust settled from the incident and a Band-Aid was applied to Zimmer's nose, the accusations started flying.
- Cover with a loose bandage that will keep out the dirt, or a Band-Aid.
Synonyms bandage, covering, plaster, gauze, lint, compress, ligature, swathe, poultice, salve - 1.1 A makeshift or temporary solution.
as modifier a band-aid solution to a much deeper problem Example sentencesExamples - And just adding more troops to the borders, or building more fences to prevent people from coming into the country, it's like slapping a Band-Aid on the problem.
- A policy that aims to get to the causes of a problem will obviously be more effective than any band-aid approach.
- It's merely a band-aid solution that further entrenches our dependence on fossil fuels.
- But even this is just a Band-Aid and the spending cuts will still be draconian.
- But, as it is with fads and band-aid solutions, the application of the new discourse became ugly.
- The solution is not a band-aid approach but brain surgery.
- Most people, aside from social democrats, know that cancer needs surgical removal, because band-aid solutions only make life worse in the long run.
- She also described how the Federal Government tried repeatedly to solve the problem with band-aid solutions.
- For starters, we re-examine our current band-aid approach to poverty.
- A related question is whether a search engine is just a band-aid solution to a poorly designed navigation system.
- Until then, the party will attempt band-aid solutions.
- There's no point in asking for what I want, because it might only be a band-aid solution, and I know it's not going to happen anyway.
- The solution often is not to solve the root cause of the problem, but to put a band-aid issue on again, and so you have a further problem emerging.
- But no policy Band-Aids will save the two nations' relationship.
- And it shows a desire for truly long-term solutions, not ridiculous band-aids like a gigantic wall to separate populations for security reasons.
- This crisis cannot be solved by band-aid measures, whether in the form of more repression or more lectures.
- The administration's answer has been to put a Band-Aid on the problem.
- They knew there was no short-term, easy fix, there could be no band-aid approach.
- These systems will now have to be built or rebuilt over the next several years and can't be fixed with a Band-Aid.
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