COMB

• (noun) the act of drawing a comb through hair

  "his hair needed a comb"

  synonyms : combing

• (noun) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

  synonyms : cockscomb , coxcomb

• (noun) ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

• (noun) a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

• (noun) any of several tools for straightening fibers

• (verb) smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

  "comb your hair before dinner", "comb the wool"

  synonyms : comb out , disentangle

• (verb) search thoroughly

  "They combed the area for the missing child"

  synonyms : ransack

• (verb) straighten with a comb

  "comb your hair"

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