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Comb meaning

What does “comb” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“comb” is a noun and verb with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair.

comb

noun

  1. a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

  2. the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

    Synonymscockscombcoxcomb

  3. any of several tools for straightening fibers

  4. ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

  5. the act of drawing a comb through hair

    “his hair needed a comb”

    Synonymscombing

verb

  1. straighten with a comb

    “comb your hair”

  2. search thoroughly

    “They combed the area for the missing child”

    Synonymsransack

  3. smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

    “comb your hair before dinner”

    “comb the wool”

    Synonymscomb outdisentangle

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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