Meaning & Definition of Comb in English
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Comb
/koʊm/
noun
1. A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge
- Disentangles or arranges hair
synonym:
- comb
2. The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
synonym:
- comb,
- cockscomb,
- coxcomb
3. Any of several tools for straightening fibers
synonym:
- comb
4. Ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
synonym:
- comb
5. The act of drawing a comb through hair
- "His hair needed a comb"
synonym:
- comb,
- combing
verb
1. Straighten with a comb
- "Comb your hair"
synonym:
- comb
2. Search thoroughly
- "They combed the area for the missing child"
synonym:
- comb,
- ransack
3. Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
- "Comb your hair before dinner"
- "Comb the wool"
synonym:
- comb,
- comb out,
- disentangle
Examples of using
I like to comb my hair with this comb.
I have to comb my hair.