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COMB

Definition:

1. [noun] a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
   
   
2. [noun] the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
   Synonyms: cockscox
   
   
3. [noun] a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl
   
   
4. [noun] any of several tools for straightening fibers
   
   
5. [noun] ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
   
   
6. [noun] the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb"
   Synonyms: ing
   
   
7. [verb] straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"; "comb the wool"
   
   
8. [verb] search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"
   Synonyms: ransack
   
   
9. [verb] smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
   Synonyms: out, disentangle
   
   

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Related Words:

• heckle, hackle, hatchel
• slick, slick down, sleek down
• tease, fluff
• fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb
• hatchel, heckle
• pocketcomb, pocket comb
• currycomb
• comb-out, teasing

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