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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

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   What does comb mean?

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   What is a comb used for?

   • Combs have been used from ancient times by women to hold and fix their hair. The police combed the surrounding woods for evidence. She combed her hair and put on some lipstick. The difficult part is encoding: we have to transform a generalised duplicator into a generalised sharing, that is, a tree into a comb.

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   How do you use a comb?

   • A comb is made of plastic or wood, with separate teeth that untangle strands of hair. When you use one, you comb: "I grabbed the comb so I could comb my cat before the photo shoot." Another way to comb is to rummage or search, the way you comb through your bag to find your car keys.

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   What is a curry comb?

   • a currycomb. any comblike instrument, object, or formation. the fleshy, more or less serrated outgrowth on the head of certain gallinaceous birds, especially the domestic fowl. something resembling or suggesting this, as the crest of a wave. a honeycomb, or any similar group of cells. a machine for separating choice cotton or wool fibers from noil.

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   to search a place or an area very carefully in order to find something: comb somewhere for something The police combed the whole area for evidence. comb through Investigators combed through the wreckage. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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   A comb is a tool for smoothing your hair. You might pull a comb through your curls before you run out the door in the morning to catch your bus. A comb is made of plastic or wood, with separate teeth that untangle strands of hair. When you use one, you comb: "I grabbed the comb so I could comb my cat before the photo shoot

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   A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair. American English : comb / ˈkoʊm / Arabic : مِشْط