All comb synonyms
comb
C c verb comb
- straighten β make straight
- rummage β to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- rake β inclination or slope away from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
- forage β food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- investigate β to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- scrutinize β to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- inspect β to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- sift β to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- scour β to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- ransack β to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
- sort β 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 β 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 β to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- cleanse β To cleanse a place, person, or organization of something dirty, unpleasant, or evil means to make them free from it.
- separate β to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
- groom β a bridegroom.
- smooth β free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- disentangle β Free (something or someone) from an entanglement; extricate.
- untangle β to bring out of a tangled state; disentangle; unsnarl.
- adjust β When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas.
- scrape β to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
- rasp β to scrape or abrade with a rough instrument.
- dress β an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- card β A card is a piece of stiff paper or thin cardboard on which something is written or printed.
- hackle β one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- hatchel β hackle1 (def 5).
- hunt β to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- grub β the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- screen β a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- probe β to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
- sweep β to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
- beat the bushes β a low plant with many branches that arise from or near the ground.
- leave no stone unturned β the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- turn upside down β invert
- unsnarl β to bring out of a snarled condition; disentangle.
- run through β an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
- search β to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- scrutinise β to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- go over β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
noun comb
- hogback β a long, sharply crested ridge, generally formed of steeply inclined strata that are especially resistant to erosion.
- tassel β 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 β The crest of a hill or a wave is the top of it.
- chine β the backbone
- caruncle β a fleshy outgrowth on the heads of certain birds, such as a cock's comb
- manes β the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- mane β the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- cockscomb β the comb of a domestic cock
- aigrette β a long plume worn on hats or as a headdress, esp one of long egret feathers