comb

comb

 (kōm)

n.

1.

a. A thin toothed strip, as of plastic, used to smooth, arrange, or fasten the hair.

b. An implement, such as one 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 arrange or groom (the hair) with or as with a comb: combed her hair with a comb; combed his hair with his fingers.

b. To move through or pass across with a raking action: The wind combed the wheatfields.

2. To straighten and separate (wool or other fibers) using a comb.

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 camb, comb; see gembh- in Indo-European roots.]

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comb

(kəʊm)

n

1. (Hairdressing & Grooming) a toothed device of metal, plastic, wood, etc, used for disentangling or arranging hair

2. (Textiles) a tool or machine that separates, cleans, and straightens wool, cotton, etc

3. (Agriculture) Austral and NZ the fixed cutter on a sheep-shearing machine

4. anything resembling a toothed comb in form or function

5. (Zoology) the fleshy deeply serrated outgrowth on the top of the heads of certain birds, esp the domestic fowl

6. anything resembling the comb of a bird

7. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a currycomb

8. (Zoology) a honeycomb

9. (Zoology) the row of fused cilia in a ctenophore

10. go over with a fine-tooth comb go over with a fine-toothed comb go through with a fine-tooth comb go through with a fine-toothed comb to examine very thoroughly

vb

11. (Hairdressing & Grooming) (tr) to use a comb on

12. (when: tr, often foll by through) to search or inspect with great care: the police combed the woods.

[Old English camb; related to Old Norse kambr, Old High German camb]

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comb

(koʊm)

n.

1. a toothed strip of hard material, as plastic, bone, or metal, used to untangle, arrange, or hold the hair.

2. currycomb.

3. any comblike instrument, object, or formation.

4. the fleshy outgrowth on the head of certain roosters.

5. something resembling or suggesting this, as the crest of a wave.

6. a honeycomb.

7. a machine for separating choice cotton or wool fibers from noil.

v.t.

8. to smooth, arrange, or adorn (the hair) with a comb.

9. to use (something) in the manner of a comb.

10. to remove (anything undesirable) with or as if with a comb.

11. to search everywhere in: to comb the files for a lost letter.

12. to separate (textile fibers) with a comb.

13. to currycomb.

14. to sweep across; rake: High winds combed the coast.

v.i.

15. (of a wave) to roll over or break at the crest.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English comb, camb, c. Old Saxon camb, Old High German chamb, Old Norse kambr, Greek gómphos pin, peg; compare cam]

comb.

1. combination.

2. combined.

3. combining.

4. combustion.

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comb

Past participle: combed
Gerund: combing

Imperative

comb

comb

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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 Her reddish hair was cut short and neatly combed.

2. search, hunt through, sweep, rake, sift, scour, rummage, ransack, forage, fossick (Austral. & N.Z.), go through with a fine-tooth comb Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon.

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comb

verb

To make a thorough search of:

forage, ransack, rummage, scour.

Slang: shake down.

Idioms: beat the bushes, leave no stone unturned, look high and low, look up and down, turn inside out, turn upside down.

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Translations

أداة تُشْبِه المُشْطعُرْف الدّيك أو الطُّيورمُشطمِشْطنَخاريبُ النَّحِل

гребен

česathřebenhřebínekplástevpročesat

kampyntekamredevokskagebikage

KammkämmendurchkämmenHaarkammWabe

χτέναχτενίζω

peinecrestapeinarpeinarse

شانه

kammatakampaharavoidaharjaheltta

peignepeignercrêtepasser au peigne finarête

češaljčešljati

fésülmegfésültarajátfésülfésû

sisir

greiðagreiîahárspennakamburkambur, greiîa

pettinepettinarecrestarastrellarestriglia

櫛櫛でとかす解かす

빗빗다

pecten

išieškotikorysskiauterėšukosšukuoti

ķemmeķemmētpārmeklētsekstesuka

kamkammen

kamkardekjemmevokskakebikake

grzebieńprzeczesywaćuczesaćczesać

pentepentearpente-finocristafavo

pieptene

расческарасчесывать

česaťplástprečesaťučesať

glavnikgrebenčesati

kamkamma

หวี

taraktaramakibikiyice araştırmakpetek

chảilượcmào

发插彻底搜寻梳梳发梳子

comb

[kəʊm]

A. N

1. (for hair) → peine m; (ornamental) → peineta f; (for horse) → almohaza f
to run a comb through one's hair → peinarse, pasarse un peine

2. [of fowl] → cresta f

3. (= honeycomb) → panal m

4. (Tech) → carda f

B. VT

1. [+ hair] → peinar
to comb one's hair → peinarse

2. (= search) [+ countryside] → registrar a fondo, peinar
we've been combing the town for you → te hemos buscado por toda la ciudad

3. (Tech) [+ wool] → cardar

comb out VT + ADV [+ hair] → desenmarañar
they combed out the useless members of the staff → se deshicieron de los miembros del personal inútiles

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comb

[ˈkəʊm]

n (for hair) → peigne m

vt

[+ hair] → peigner
to comb one's hair → se peigner
You haven't combed your hair → Tu ne t'es pas peigné.

(= search) [+ area] → ratisser, passer au peigne fin

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comb

n

(also Tech, of fowl) → Kamm m

(= act) to give one’s hair a comb → sich kämmen; your hair could do with a comb → du könntest dich (auch) mal wieder kämmen

(= honeycomb) → Wabe f

vt

hair, wool → kämmen; horse → striegeln; to comb one’s hair → sich (dat) → die Haare kämmen, sich kämmen

(= search) → durchkämmen; newspapers → durchforsten

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comb

[kəʊm]

1. n → pettine m
to run a comb through one's hair → darsi una pettinata

2. vt

a. (hair) → pettinare
to comb one's hair → pettinarsi

b. (search, area, countryside) → rastrellare, setacciare, battere a tappeto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

comb

(kəum) noun

1. a toothed instrument for separating or smoothing hair etc. kam مُشط гребен pente hřeben der Kamm kam χτέναpeine kamm شانه kampa peigneמסרק कंघा češalj fésű sisir kambur, greiða pettine くし 빗 šukos ķemme; suka sikat kamkam; kardegrzebień ږمونځ pente pieptene расчёска hrebeň glavnik češalj kam หวี tarak 梳 гребінь کنگھی cái lược 梳

2. an object (often decorative) of similar appearance worn by some women to keep a hair-style in place. haarkam أداة تُشْبِه المُشْط гребенче travessa hřeben der Haarkamm pyntekam χτένιpeineta ilukamm شانۀ نگهدارندۀ مو kampa peigneמסרק कुक्कुटशिखा češalj fésű sisir hárspenna pettine くし状の飾り 빗 모양 물건 šukos ķemme sisir rambut kam {{IX a-15260 id-`pyntekam grzebień د ويښتانو د ساتلو ښانه travessa pieptene гребень hrebeň glavniček ukosnica kam ที่ติดผม süs tarağı 髮梳狀飾物 гребінець عورتوں کی زیبائش کے کئے کنگھی کے مشابہ چیز cái lược bờm （作为装饰物的）发插

3. the honey cells made by bees. a honeycomb. heuningkoek نَخاريبُ النَّحِل пчелна пита favo plástev die Wabe bikage; vokskage κηρήθραpanal kärg شانه hunajakenno rayon יְעֲרָת דְבַש छत्ता saće lép (méheké) sarang lebah (hunangs)vaxkaka favo はちの巣 벌집 korys (bišu) šūnas sarang lebah madu honingraatbikake, vokskakeplaster ږمونځ favo fagure (de miere) соты plást satje saće vaxkaka รวงผึ้ง petek 蜂窩 стільники شہد ��ی مکھیوں کا بنایا ہوا چھتہ tổ ong 蜂房

4. the crest of some birds. kam عُرْف الدّيك أو الطُّيور гребен (на птица) crista hřebínek der Kamm kam λειρίcresta hari تاج harja crète כרבולת कलंगी kresta taraj jambul (hana)kambur cresta とさか 볏 skiauterė sekste jambul burung kamhanekamgrzebień جوغه crista creastă хохолок hrebienok greben kresta kam หงอน ibik 鳥冠 гребінець پرندوں کا مجموعہ mào (chim, gà) 鸡冠

verb

1. to arrange and smooth with a comb. Comb your hair! kam يُمَشِّط сресвам pentear (u)česat kämmen rede χτενίζωpeinar kammima شانه کردن kammata peigner ְלָסֵרק कंघी करना češljati fésül menyisir greiða pettinare くしですく 빗다 (su)šukuoti ķemmēt; sukāt menyikat kammengre, kjemme, kardeczesać ږمونځ کول pentear a pieptăna расчёсывать (u)česať česati počešljati kamma หวี taramak 梳理 розчісувати, чесати کنگھی سے ہموار کرنا chải đầu 梳发

2. to search (a place) thoroughly (for something). They combed the hills for the missing climber. deursoek يُمَشِّط، يَبْحَثُ عَن преравям passar um pente fino pročesat durchkämmen finkæmme χτενίζω, ψάχνω σε βάθος rastrear läbi kammima همه ج�� را گشتن haravoida passer au peigne fin לִסרוֹק सघन तलाशी pregledati (meg)fésül mencari dengan teliti leita vandlega setacciare くまなく捜す 구석구석 뒤지다 išieškoti pārmeklēt menggeledah uitkammenfinkjemme przeczesywać تول ځای کی ګړځول passar a pente fino a scotoci прочесывать prečesať prečesati prečešljati kamma igenom ค้นหาอย่างละเอียด taramak, iyice araştırmak 徹底搜尋 прочісувати پُوری طرح تلاش کرنا sục sạo 彻底搜寻

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comb

→ مِشْط, يُـمَشِّطُ česat, hřeben kæmme, kam Kamm, kämmen χτένα, χτενίζω peinar, peine kammata, kampa peigne, peigner češalj, češljati pettinare, pettine 櫛, 櫛でとかす 빗, 빗다 kam, kammen gre (seg), kam grzebień, uczesać pente, pentear расческа, расчесывать kam, kamma หวี tarak, taramak chải, lược 梳子, 梳理

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comb

n. peine;

vt. peinar, peinarse.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

comb

n peine m; vt peinar; to — one’s hair peinarse

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