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Comb

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Noun

1. comb

a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

2. cockscomb, comb, coxcomb

the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

3. comb

any of several tools for straightening fibers

4. comb

ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

5. comb, combing

the act of drawing a comb through hair

Example Sentences:
'his hair needed a comb'

Verb

6. comb

straighten with a comb

Example Sentences:
'comb your hair'

7. comb, ransack

search thoroughly

Example Sentences:
'They combed the area for the missing child'

8. comb, comb out, disentangle

smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

Example Sentences:
'comb your hair before dinner'
'comb the wool'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Comb

see synonyms of comb
noun
1. 
a toothed device of metal, plastic, wood, etc, used for disentangling or arranging hair
2. 
a tool or machine that separates, cleans, and straightens wool, cotton, etc
3. Australian and New Zealand
the fixed cutter on a sheep-shearing machine
4. 
anything resembling a toothed comb in form or function
5. 
the fleshy deeply serrated outgrowth on the top of the heads of certain birds, esp the domestic fowl
6. 
anything resembling the comb of a bird
7. 
a currycomb
8. 
a honeycomb
9. 
the row of fused cilia in a ctenophore
10.  go over with a fine-tooth comb
verb
11. (transitive)
to use a comb on
12. (when tr, often foll by through)
to search or inspect with great care
the police combed the woods

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Comb

see synonyms of comb
noun
1. 
a thin strip of hard rubber, plastic, metal, etc. with teeth, passed through the hair to arrange or clean it, or set in the hair to hold it in place or as an ornament
2. 
anything like a comb in form, function, or location
; specif.,
a. 
a currycomb
b. 
a fine-toothed implement or machine used to clean and straighten long fibers of wool, cotton, flax, etc.
c. 
a red, fleshy outgrowth on the top of the head, as of a rooster
d. 
a thing like a rooster's comb in position or appearance, as the crest of a helmet
3. 
a honeycomb
verb transitive
4. 
to clean, straighten out, or arrange with a comb
5. 
to remove with or as with a comb; separate
often with out
6.  US
to search thoroughly; look everywhere in
to comb a house for a missing book
verb intransitive US
7. 
to roll over; break
said of waves
noun
coomb
1. 
combination
2. 
combining

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Comb

see synonyms of comb
n.
1.
a. A thin toothed strip, as of plastic, used to smooth, arrange, or fasten the hair.
b. An implement, such as one for dressing and cleansing wool or other fiber, that resembles a hair comb in shape or use.
c. A currycomb.
2.
a. The fleshy crest or ridge that grows on the crown of the head of domestic fowl and other birds and is most prominent in the male.
b. Something suggesting a fowl's comb in appearance or position.
3. A honeycomb.
v. combed, comb·ing, combs
v.tr.
1.
a. To arrange or groom (the hair) with or as with a comb: combed her hair with a comb; combed his hair with his fingers.
b. To move through or pass across with a raking action: The wind combed the wheatfields.
2. To straighten and separate (wool or other fibers) using a comb.
3. To search thoroughly; look through: combed the dresser drawers for a lost bracelet.
4. To eliminate with or as with a comb: combed the snarls out of his hair.
v.intr.
1. To roll and break. Used of waves.
2. To make a thorough search: combed through the file for the contract.
abbr.
1. combination
2. combustion

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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