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Comb Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Comb?
[n] the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb"
[n] the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds [n] ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore [n] a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair [n] any of several tools for straightening fibers [n] a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl [v] smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" [v] search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" [v] straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"; "comb the wool" Synonyms | Synonyms for Comb: cockscomb | comb out | combing | coxcomb | disentangle | ransack Related Terms | Find terms related to Comb: be poised | beat | billow | break | card | crash | curry | dash | ebb and flow | examine | forage | grub | hackle | hatchel | heave | heckle | inspect | investigate | lift | look all over | look everywhere | peak | popple | probe | rake | ransack | rifle | rise | rise and fall | roll | rummage | scend | scour | scrutinize | search | search high heaven | send | separate | shake | shake down | sift | smash | surge | swell | toss | turn inside out | turn upside down | undulate | wave | winnow See Also | caruncle | caruncula | cock | comb jelly | comb-out | crest | ctenophore | currycomb | device | fine-tooth comb | fine-toothed comb | fluff | gallinaceon | gallinaceous bird | gobbler | groom | hackle | hair care | hairdressing | hatchel | heckle | neaten | plate | pocket comb | pocketcomb | rooster | search | sleek down | slick | slick down | straighten | straighten out | tease | teasing | tom | tom turkey | tool | tooth | turkey cock Comb In Webster's Dictionary \Comb\ (?; 110), n. [AS. camb; akin to Sw., Dan., & D. kam,
Icel. kambr, G. kamm, Gr. ? a grinder tooth, Skr. jambha
tooth.]
1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing,
and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.
2. An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and
smoothing their coats; a currycomb.
3. (Manuf. & Mech.)
(a) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing
wool, flax, hair, etc.
(b) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding
machine.
(c) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat
manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.
(d) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in
a lathe; a chaser.
(e) The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
(f) The collector of an electrical machine, usually
resembling a comb.
4. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part
of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is
usually red.
(b) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the
abdomen of scorpions.
5. The curling crest of a wave.
6. The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in
which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. ``A
comb of honey.'' --Wyclif.
When the bee doth leave her comb. --Shak.
7. The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may
be cocked.
\Comb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Combed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Combing}.] To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under {Combing}. Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright. --Shak. \Comb\, v. i. [See {Comb}, n., 5.] (Naut.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves. \Comb\, Combe \Combe\ (? or ?), n. [AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.] That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [Written also {coombe}.] --Buckland. A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. --Southey. \Comb\, n. A dry measure. See {Coomb}. |
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