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- Dictionarycomb/kəʊm/
noun
- 1. a strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair.
- 2. a device for separating and dressing textile fibres.
verb
- 1. untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it: "she combed her hair and put some lipstick on" Similar
- 2. prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb: "the wool had been cleaned and combed" Similar
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to search a place or an area very carefully in order to find something: comb somewhere for something The police combed the whole area for evidence. comb through Investigators combed through the wreckage. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of COMB is a toothed instrument used especially for adjusting, cleaning, or confining hair. How to use comb in a sentence.
a toothed device of metal, plastic, wood, etc, used for disentangling or arranging hair. a tool or machine that separates, cleans, and straightens wool, cotton, etc. the fixed cutter on a sheep-shearing machine. anything resembling a toothed comb in form or function.
noun. /kəʊm/ Idioms. [countable] a flat piece of plastic or metal with a row of thin teeth along one side, used for making your hair neat; a smaller version of this worn by women in their hair to hold it in place or as a decoration. He just had time to wash his face and drag a comb through his hair before going out.
COMB meaning: 1. a flat piece of plastic, wood, or metal with a thin row of long, narrow parts along one side…. Learn more.
1. a. To arrange or groom (the hair) with or as with a comb: combed her hair with a comb; combed his hair with his fingers. b. To move through or pass across with a raking action: The wind combed the wheatfields. 2. To straighten and separate (wool or other fibers) using a comb. 3.
A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair. American English : comb / ˈkoʊm / Arabic : مِشْط