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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | comb out, disentangle |
| Type of | groom, neaten |
| Has types | sleek down, slick down, tease, fluff, slick |
| Derivation | combing |
comb your hair before dinner.
comb the wool.
comb::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | device |
| Has types | pocketcomb, currycomb, fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb, pocket comb |
comb::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | plate |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | straighten, straighten out |
| Has types | hatchel, heckle, currycomb, hackle, roach |
| Derivation | combing |
comb your hair.
Examples of comb
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Up at 5am to milk the cows, comb the sheep and plant a crop or two before lunch?
From the dailymail.co.uk
There is also a bottleneck of highly trained personnel to comb through evidence.
From the cnn.com
Use a flea comb at least once a day on your dog, twice a day during tick season.
From the stltoday.com
At the Beatrice center, she was taught how to brush her teeth and comb her hair.
From the omaha.com
This is similar to the plane Herbert Johnson used to comb the jungles of Brazil.
From the suntimes.com
The food hunters comb through the trash bins of supermarkets nearly every night.
From the abcnews.go.com
Comb out any matted or knotted areas of your dog's coat, local groomers suggest.
From the timesunion.com
He is planning to send strands of hair found in a comb to a lab for DNA testing.
From the news-journalonline.com
Wild red hair stuck out from knots Sarah couldn't untangle with her broken comb.
From the npr.org
- Straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"
- A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
- The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
- Search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"
- Any of several tools for straightening fibers
- Ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
- A comb is a toothed device used in hair care for straightening and cleaning hair or other fibres. Combs are among the oldest tools found by archaeologists, having been discovered in very refined forms from settlements dating back to 5000 years ago in Persia.
- Combing is a method for preparing fibre for spinning by use of combs. The combs used have long metal teeth, and only barely resemble the comb used on hair. ...
- (Combs (surname)) Sports: *Earle Combs (1899-1976), American center fielder and Baseball Hall of Fame member *Merl Combs (1919-1981), a shortstop in Major League Baseball from 1947-1952 *Pat Combs (born 1966), a Philadelphia Phillies pitcher from 1989-1992
