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comb

/ comb /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of drawing a comb through hair
"his hair needed a comb"
Type of:
hair care haircare hairdressing
Kinds of:
comb-out teasing
Derived:
comb out disentangle
noun Sense 2
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
Type of:
crest
Has parts:
gallinaceous bird gallinacean
noun Sense 3
ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
Type of:
plate
Has parts:
ctenophore comb jelly
noun Sense 4
a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
Type of:
device
Kinds of:
fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb hatchel heckle pocketcomb
Derived:
comb out disentangle
noun Sense 5
any of several tools for straightening fibers
Type of:
tool
Kinds of:
currycomb
Derived:
comb out disentangle
noun Sense 6
a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl
Type of:
caruncle caruncula
Has parts:
cock rooster turkey cock
verb Sense 7
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
"comb your hair before dinner"
"comb the wool"
Type of:
groom neaten
Kinds of:
slick slick down sleek down tease fluff
Derived:
unsnarling untangling disentanglement extrication comb-out
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 8
search thoroughly
"They combed the area for the missing child"
Type of:
search
Derived:
ransacking rummage
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 9
straighten with a comb
"comb your hair"
"comb the wool"
Type of:
straighten straighten out
Kinds of:
heckle hackle hatchel
Derived:
combing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
93%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
51
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

hair care haircare hairdressing comb-out teasing crest plate device fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb hatchel heckle