COMB

/kəʊm/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 13

Definition

  1. verb straighten with a comb.
  2. verb search thoroughly. — synonyms: ransack
  3. verb smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb. — synonyms: comb_out, disentangle
  4. noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge.
  5. noun the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds. — synonyms: cockscomb, coxcomb
  6. noun any of several tools for straightening fibers.
  7. noun ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore.
  8. noun the act of drawing a comb through hair. — synonyms: combing

Examples

  • “I need to comb my hair before we leave the house”
  • “Police combed the field for evidence after the assault”

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