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comb

comb
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kohm]
    • /koʊm/
    • /kəʊm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kohm]
    • /koʊm/

Definitions of comb word

  • countable noun comb A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair. 3
  • verb comb When you comb your hair, you tidy it using a comb. 3
  • verb comb If you comb a place, you search everywhere in it in order to find someone or something. 3
  • verb comb If you comb through information, you look at it very carefully in order to find something. 3
  • noun comb a toothed device of metal, plastic, wood, etc, used for disentangling or arranging hair 3
  • noun comb a tool or machine that separates, cleans, and straightens wool, cotton, etc 3

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Origin of comb

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English comb, camb; cognate with Old High German kamb (German Kamm), Old Norse kambr, Greek gómphos “pin, peg,” gomphíos “molar tooth”; see cam1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Comb

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

comb popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

comb usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for comb

verb comb

  • straighten — make straight
  • sort — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
  • curry — Curry is a dish composed of meat and vegetables, or just vegetables, in a sauce containing hot spices. It is usually eaten with rice and is one of the main dishes of India.
  • tease — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
  • cleanse — To cleanse a place, person, or organization of something dirty, unpleasant, or evil means to make them free from it.

noun comb

  • hogback — a long, sharply crested ridge, generally formed of steeply inclined strata that are especially resistant to erosion.
  • tassel — a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
  • crest — The crest of a hill or a wave is the top of it.
  • chine — the backbone
  • caruncle — a fleshy outgrowth on the heads of certain birds, such as a cock's comb

Antonyms for comb

verb comb

  • disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
  • disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
  • wrinkle — an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
  • upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
  • twist — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.

Top questions with comb

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