English to English
comb
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noun (n)
- a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- any of several tools for straightening fibers(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- the act of drawing a comb through hair(noun.act)Example:
His hair needed a comb.
source: wordnet30 - An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.(noun)source: webster1913
- That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it.(noun)source: webster1913
- A dry measure. See Coomb.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- straighten with a comb(verb.contact)Example:
Comb your hair.
source: wordnet30 - search thoroughly(verb.contact)Example:
They combed the area for the missing child.
source: wordnet30 - smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb(verb.body)Example:
Comb your hair before dinner.
Comb the wool.
source: wordnet30 - To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing.(verb)source: webster1913
- To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.(verb)source: webster1913