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Noun
S:
(n)
comb
(a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair)
S:
(n)
comb
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cockscomb
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coxcomb
(the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds)
S:
(n)
comb
(any of several tools for straightening fibers)
S:
(n)
comb
(ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore)
S:
(n)
comb
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combing
(the act of drawing a comb through hair)
"his hair needed a comb"
Verb
S:
(v)
comb
(straighten with a comb)
"comb your hair"
S:
(v)
comb
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ransack
(search thoroughly)
"They combed the area for the missing child"
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(v)
comb
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comb out
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disentangle
(smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb)
"comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"