gauze

== English == === Alternative forms === gause (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from French gaze, from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk”). === Pronunciation === enPR: gôz, IPA(key): /ɡɔːz/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ɡɑz/ Rhymes: -ɔːz Homophone: gores (non-rhotic) === Noun === gauze (countable and uncountable, plural gauzes) A thin fabric with a loose, open weave. (medicine) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing. A thin woven metal or plastic mesh. Ellipsis of wire gauze Mist or haze ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === gauze (third-person singular simple present gauzes, present participle gauzing, simple past and past participle gauzed) (transitive) To apply a dressing of gauze; to cover with gauze. (ambitransitive, literary) To mist; to make or become gauze-like. === See also === wire netting == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === Cf. German gauzen. === Verb === gauze to bark Synonym: blaffe