Combing

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.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

combing - the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb" comb 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