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comb  (km)

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.

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[Middle English, from Old English; see gembh- in Indo-European roots.]

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comb

Noun

1. a toothed instrument for disentangling or arranging hair

2. a tool or machine that cleans and straightens wool or cotton

3. a fleshy serrated crest on the head of a domestic fowl

4. a honeycomb

Verb

1. to use a comb on

2. to search with great care: police combed the streets for the missing girl [Old English camb]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	comb - a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair currycomb - a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" 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 tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal
	2.	comb - the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds coxcomb, cockscomb crest - a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
	3.	comb - any of several tools for straightening fibers hatchel, heckle - a comb for separating flax fibers tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal
	4.	comb - ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore comb jelly, ctenophore - biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb plate - any flat platelike body structure or part
	5.	comb - the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb" combing comb-out, teasing - the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb hair care, haircare, hairdressing - care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair
Verb	1.	comb - straighten with a comb; "comb your hair" roach - comb (hair) into a roach straighten, straighten out - make straight currycomb - clean (a horse) with a currycomb hackle, hatchel, heckle - comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"
	2.	comb - search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" ransack search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
	3.	comb - smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" comb out, disentangle sleek down, slick down, slick - give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair" fluff, tease - ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect neaten, groom - care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"

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comb

verb 1. untangle, arrange, groom, dress

verb 2. search, hunt through, sweep, rake, sift, scour, rummage, ransack, forage, fossick Austral., N.Z. go through with a fine-tooth comb

Translations

comb [kəum] n → peine m;

(ornamental) → peineta

vt [+ hair] → peinar [+ area]; registrar a fondo, peinar

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comb [kəum] n → peigne m

vt [+ hair] → peigner [+ area]; ratisser, passer au peigne fin

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comb [kəum] n → Kamm m

vt → kämmen;

(area) → durchkämmen

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comb [kəum] n → pettine m

vt [+ hair] → pettinare [+ area]; battere a tappeto