ALL meanings of comb
comb
C c - noun comb the fleshy deeply serrated outgrowth on the top of the heads of certain birds, esp the domestic fowl 3
- noun comb anything resembling the comb of a bird 3
- noun comb a currycomb 3
- noun comb a honeycomb 3
- noun comb the row of fused cilia in a ctenophore 3
- verb comb to use a comb on 3
- verb comb to search or inspect with great care 3
- noun comb a thin strip of hard rubber, plastic, metal, etc. with teeth, passed through the hair to arrange or clean it, or set in the hair to hold it in place or as an ornament 3
- noun comb anything like a comb in form, function, or location 3
- noun comb a fine-toothed implement or machine used to clean and straighten long fibers of wool, cotton, flax, etc. 3
- noun comb a red, fleshy outgrowth on the top of the head, as of a rooster 3
- noun comb a thing like a rooster's comb in position or appearance, as the crest of a helmet 3
- verb transitive comb to clean, straighten out, or arrange with a comb 3
- verb transitive comb to remove with or as with a comb; separate 3
- verb transitive comb to search thoroughly; look everywhere in 3
- intransitive verb comb to roll over; break 3
- abbreviation COMB coomb 3
- abbreviation COMB combination 3
- abbreviation COMB combining 3
- 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
- noun comb the fixed cutter on a sheep-shearing machine 3
- noun comb anything resembling a toothed comb in form or function 3
- noun comb implement for untangling hair 1
- noun comb crest on head of fowl 1
- transitive verb comb hair 1
- intransitive verb comb inspect thoroughly 1
- transitive verb comb examine closely 1
- noun comb a narrow valley or deep hollow, especially one enclosed on all but one side. 1
- verb with object comb to arrange or adorn (the hair) with a comb. 1
- verb with object comb to use (something) in the manner of a comb: She was slowly combing her fingers through her hair. 1
- verb with object comb to remove (anything undesirable) with or as if with a comb: She combed the snarls out of her hair. They combed the cowards from the group. 1
- verb with object comb to search everywhere in: He combed the files for the missing letter. 1
- verb with object comb to separate (textile fibers) with a comb. 1
- verb with object comb to scrape with or as with a comb. 1
- verb with object comb to sweep across; rake: High winds combed the seacoast. 1
- verb without object comb to roll over or break at the crest, as a wave. 1
- noun comb A strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair. 1
- noun comb A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place. 0
- noun comb A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers. 0
- noun comb A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest. 0
- noun comb A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb. 0
- noun comb An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter. 0
- noun comb The top part of a gun’s stock. 0
- noun comb The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings. 0
- noun comb (music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached. 0