comb (k m)n. 1. a. A thin toothed strip, as of plastic, used to smooth, arrange, or fasten the hair. b. An implement, such as a card 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 move a comb through (the hair) so as to arrange or groom: combed her hair with a comb; combed his hair with his fingers. b. To move though or pass across with a raking action: The wind combed the wheatfields. 2. To card (wool or other fiber). 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. [Middle English, from Old English; see gembh- in Indo-European roots.] |
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