Comb

verb
koʊm

Noun

  • the act of drawing a comb through hair

    “his hair needed a comb”

    Similar:Combing
    Type of:HaircareHairdressing

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

    Similar:CockscombCoxcomb
    Type of:Crest

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

    Type of:Device

  • any of several tools for straightening fibers

    Type of:Tool

  • ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

    Type of:Plate

Verb

  • smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

    “comb your hair before dinner”

    “comb the wool”

    Similar:Disentangle
    Type of:GroomNeaten

  • search thoroughly

    “They combed the area for the missing child”

    Similar:Ransack
    Type of:Search

  • straighten with a comb

    “comb your hair”

    Type of:Straighten

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Similar Words

  • Ransack
  • Disentangle
  • Combing
  • Cockscomb
  • Coxcomb
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