Definition of "gauze" in English

noun

1. A thin fabric with a loose, open weave.

2. (medicine) A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.

3. A thin woven metal or plastic mesh.

4. Ellipsis of wire gauze

5. Mist or haze

verb

1. To apply a dressing of gauze

2. (literary) To mist; to become gauze-like.