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   comb

   /kəʊm/

   noun

   • 1. a strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair.
   • ▪ an act of untangling or arranging the hair with comb: "she gave her hair a comb"
   • ▪ a short curved type of comb, worn by women to hold the hair in place or as an ornament: "her hair was held back with two tortoiseshell combs"
   • 2. a device for separating and dressing textile fibres.
   • ▪ the lower, fixed cutting piece of a sheep-shearing machine. Australian, New Zealand
   • ▪ a row of brass points for collecting the electricity in an electrostatic generator.
   • 3. the red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a cock: "a grey-speckled hen with a red comb and wattles"
   • 4. short for honeycomb

   verb

   • 1. untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it: "she combed her hair and put some lipstick on" Similar groomuntangledisentanglesmooth outstraightenarrangeneatentidydressrakecurry
   • ▪ remove something in the hair by drawing a comb through it: "she combed the burrs out of the dog's coat"
   • 2. prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb: "the wool had been cleaned and combed" Similar separatedresscardteasehacklehecklehatchel
   • 3. search carefully and systematically: "police combed the area for the murder weapon" Similar searchscourlook around inexploresweepprobehunt throughlook throughscrabble about inscrabble around inroot about inroot around inferret (about) inferret (around) inrummage about inrummage round inrummage around inrummage inrummage throughforage throughfish about infish around inpoke about inpoke around indig ingrub about ingrub around indelve ingo throughsift throughrakerifle throughransackturn overgo through with a fine-tooth combturn upside downturn inside outleave no stone unturned ininformal:rootle around infossick throughrare:roust around in

   Word Origin Old Englishcamb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kam and German Kamm.

   Derivatives

   • 1. comblike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   • English (US)

     COMB meaning: 1. a flat piece of plastic, wood, or metal...

   • Znaczenie Comb, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     COMB definicja: 1. a flat piece of plastic, wood, or metal...

   • Comb: Russian Translation

     COMB translate: расческа , расчесывать , прочесывать (в...

   • Comb: Italian Translation

     COMB translate: pettine, pettinare, pettine, pettine, favo,...

   • Comb: Korean Translation

     COMB translate: 빗, 빗질하다. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Comb: Japanese Translation

     COMB translate: くし, （髪）をくしでとかす, 櫛（くし）, 櫛（くし）でとかす,...

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   a toothed device of metal, plastic, wood, etc, used for disentangling or arranging hair. a tool or machine that separates, cleans, and straightens wool, cotton, etc. the fixed cutter on a sheep-shearing machine. anything resembling a toothed comb in form or function.

5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishcomb noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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   noun. /kəʊm/ Idioms. [countable] a flat piece of plastic or metal with a row of thin teeth along one side, used for making your hair neat; a smaller version of this worn by women in their hair to hold it in place or as a decoration. He just had time to wash his face and drag a comb through his hair before going out.

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   A comb is a toothed device for grooming hair or fibers, or a fleshy crest on some birds' heads. Learn more about the word comb, its synonyms, related terms, and usage examples from various sources.

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