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    comb
    [kōm]
    noun
    comb (noun) · combs (plural noun)
    1. a strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair.
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      • an act of untangling or arranging the hair with comb:
        "she gave her hair a comb"
      • a short curved type of comb, worn by women to hold the hair in place or as an ornament:
        "her hair was held back with two tortoiseshell combs"
    2. a device for separating and dressing textile fibers.
      • a row of brass points for collecting the electricity in an electrostatic generator.
    3. the red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a rooster:
      "a gray-speckled hen with a red comb and wattles"
    4. short for honeycomb
    verb
    comb (verb) · combs (third person present) · combed (past tense) · combed (past participle) · combing (present participle)
    1. untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it:
      "she combed her hair and put some lipstick on"
      • (comb something out)
        remove something from the hair by drawing a comb through it:
        "she combed the burrs out of the dog's coat"
    2. prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb:
      "the wool had been cleaned and combed"
    3. search carefully and systematically:
      "police combed the area for the murder weapon" · "his mother combed through the cardboard boxes"
      Similar:
      look around in
      hunt through
      scrabble around in
      root around in
      ferret (around) in
      rummage around in
      rummage in
      rummage through
      forage through
      fish around in
      poke around in
      grub around in
      delve in
      sift through
      rifle through
      go through with a fine-tooth comb
      turn upside down
      turn inside out
      leave no stone unturned in
      rootle around in
      fossick through
      roust around in
    Origin
    Old English camb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kam and German Kamm.
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  2. comb 1 of 3 noun ˈkōm Synonyms of comb 1 a : a toothed instrument used especially for adjusting, cleaning, or confining hair
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    comb noun /kəʊm/ /kəʊm/ Idioms [countable] a flat piece of plastic or metal with a row of thin teeth along one side, used for making your hair neat; a smaller version of this worn by women in their hair to hold it in place or as a decoration
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