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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: comb

1
 nv
a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
straighten with a comb
2
 n
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
3
 n
ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
4
 v
search thoroughly
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: comb
1

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

Types:
currycomb
a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses
fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb
a comb with teeth set close together
pocket comb, pocketcomb
a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket
Type of:
device
an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

n the act of drawing a comb through hair

“his hair needed a comb”
Synonyms:
combing
Types:
comb-out, teasing
the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
Type of:
hair care, haircare, hairdressing
care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair

n any of several tools for straightening fibers

Types:
hatchel, heckle
a comb for separating flax fibers
Type of:
tool
an implement used in the practice of a vocation

v straighten with a comb

“comb your hair”
Types:
roach
comb (hair) into a roach
currycomb
clean (a horse) with a currycomb
hackle, hatchel, heckle
comb with a heckle
Type of:
straighten, straighten out
make straight

v smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

“comb your hair before dinner”
“comb the wool”
Synonyms:
comb out, disentangle
Types:
sleek down, slick, slick down
give a smooth and glossy appearance
fluff, tease
ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
Type of:
groom, neaten
care for one's external appearance
2

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

Synonyms:
cockscomb, coxcomb
Type of:
crest
a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
3

n ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

Type of:
plate
any flat platelike body structure or part
4

v search thoroughly

“They combed the area for the missing child”
Synonyms:
ransack
Type of:
search
subject to a search
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