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comb

(k/oU/m )

a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds(noun.animal)

Synonym:
cockscomb, coxcomb

source: wordnet30
any of several tools for straightening fibers(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore(noun.animal)

source: wordnet30
the act of drawing a comb through hair(noun.act)

Example:
His hair needed a comb.

Synonym:
combing

source: wordnet30
An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.(noun)

source: webster1913
That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it.(noun)

source: webster1913
A dry measure. See Coomb.(noun)

source: webster1913

straighten with a comb(verb.contact)

Example:
Comb your hair.

source: wordnet30
search thoroughly(verb.contact)

Example:
They combed the area for the missing child.

Synonym:
ransack

source: wordnet30
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb(verb.body)

Example:
Comb your hair before dinner.
Comb the wool.

Synonym:
comb out, disentangle

source: wordnet30
To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing.(verb)

source: webster1913
To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.(verb)

source: webster1913

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