Nurse bandages boy's wound.

Meaning: This means that a nurse is covering a young male child's injury that breaks the skin or flesh with a strip of material to protect it.

Choice of Words: Nurse is a person who is trained to care for sick or injured people, usually under the direction of a doctor. Bandages means to cover a wound with a strip of material to protect it. Boy's is a young male child. Wound is an injury that breaks the skin or flesh.

Alternative Expressions

The nurse wraps a bandage around the boy's cut.

Meaning: This means that the nurse is putting a bandage on the boy's cut to help it heal.

Choice of Words: Wraps means to cover something by winding something around it. Bandage is a piece of material used to cover a wound and protect it from infection. Cut is a break in the skin caused by a sharp object.

The nurse applies a bandage to the boy's injury.

Meaning: This means that the nurse is putting a bandage on the boy's injury to help it heal.

Choice of Words: Applies means to put something on or use it. Bandage is a piece of material used to cover a wound and protect it from infection. Injury is a hurt or damage to the body.

The nurse dresses the boy's wound.

Meaning: This means that the nurse is putting a bandage on the boy's wound to help it heal.

Choice of Words: Dresses means to put a bandage or other covering on a wound. Wound is a break in the skin caused by a sharp object.

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