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comb
(kōm)n.
1.
a. A thin toothed strip, as of plastic, used to smooth, arrange, or fasten the hair.
b. An implement, such as one for dressing and cleansing wool or other fiber, that resembles a hair comb in shape or use.
c. A currycomb.
2.
a. The fleshy crest or ridge that grows on the crown of the head of domestic fowl and other birds and is most prominent in the male.
b. Something suggesting a fowl's comb in appearance or position.
3. A honeycomb.
v. combed, comb·ing, combs
v.tr.
1.
a. To arrange or groom (the hair) with or as with a comb: combed her hair with a comb; combed his hair with his fingers.
b. To move through or pass across with a raking action: The wind combed the wheatfields.
2. To straighten and separate (wool or other fibers) using a comb.
3. To search thoroughly; look through: combed the dresser drawers for a lost bracelet.
4. To eliminate with or as with a comb: combed the snarls out of his hair.
v.intr.
1. To roll and break. Used of waves.
2. To make a thorough search: combed through the file for the contract.
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comb
(kəʊm)n
1. (Hairdressing & Grooming) a toothed device of metal, plastic, wood, etc, used for disentangling or arranging hair
2. (Textiles) a tool or machine that separates, cleans, and straightens wool, cotton, etc
3. (Agriculture) Austral and NZ the fixed cutter on a sheep-shearing machine
4. anything resembling a toothed comb in form or function
5. (Zoology) the fleshy deeply serrated outgrowth on the top of the heads of certain birds, esp the domestic fowl
6. anything resembling the comb of a bird
7. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a currycomb
8. (Zoology) a honeycomb
9. (Zoology) the row of fused cilia in a ctenophore
10. go over with a fine-tooth comb go over with a fine-toothed comb go through with a fine-tooth comb go through with a fine-toothed comb to examine very thoroughly
vb
11. (Hairdressing & Grooming) (tr) to use a comb on
12. (when: tr, often foll by through) to search or inspect with great care: the police combed the woods.
[Old English camb; related to Old Norse kambr, Old High German camb]
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comb
(koʊm)n.
1. a toothed strip of hard material, as plastic, bone, or metal, used to untangle, arrange, or hold the hair.
2. currycomb.
3. any comblike instrument, object, or formation.
4. the fleshy outgrowth on the head of certain roosters.
5. something resembling or suggesting this, as the crest of a wave.
6. a honeycomb.
7. a machine for separating choice cotton or wool fibers from noil.
v.t. 8. to smooth, arrange, or adorn (the hair) with a comb.
9. to use (something) in the manner of a comb.
10. to remove (anything undesirable) with or as if with a comb.
11. to search everywhere in: to comb the files for a lost letter.
12. to separate (textile fibers) with a comb.
13. to currycomb.
14. to sweep across; rake: High winds combed the coast.
v.i. 15. (of a wave) to roll over or break at the crest.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English comb, camb, c. Old Saxon camb, Old High German chamb, Old Norse kambr, Greek gómphos pin, peg; compare cam]
comb.
1. combination.
2. combined.
3. combining.
4. combustion.
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comb
Past participle: combed
Gerund: combing
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| Noun | 1. |  comb - a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges haircurrycomb - a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb - a comb with teeth set close together pocket comb, pocketcomb - a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal |
| 2. | comb - the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds crest - a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds | |
| 3. | comb - any of several tools for straightening fibers tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal | |
| 4. | comb - ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore comb jelly, ctenophore - biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb plate - any flat platelike body structure or part | |
| 5. |  comb - the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb"hair care, haircare, hairdressing - care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair | |
| Verb | 1. | comb - straighten with a comb; "comb your hair" roach - comb (hair) into a roach straighten, straighten out - make straight currycomb - clean (a horse) with a currycomb |
| 2. | comb - search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys" | |
| 3. | comb - smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" |
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comb
verb
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
comb
verbTo make a thorough search of:
Slang: shake down.
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Translations
أداة تُشْبِه المُشْطعُرْف الدّيك أو الطُّيورمُشطمِشْطنَخاريبُ النَّحِل
гребен
česathřebenhřebínekplástevpročesat
kampyntekamredevokskagebikage
شانه
kammatakampaharavoidaharjaheltta
češaljčešljati
fésülmegfésültarajátfésülfésû
sisir
greiðagreiîahárspennakamburkambur, greiîa
櫛櫛でとかす解かす
빗빗다
pecten
išieškotikorysskiauterėšukosšukuoti
ķemmeķemmētpārmeklētsekstesuka
pieptene
česaťplástprečesaťučesať
glavnikgrebenčesati
kamkamma
หวี
chảilượcmào
comb
[kəʊm]A. N
1. (for hair) → peine m; (ornamental) → peineta f; (for horse) → almohaza f
to run a comb through one's hair → peinarse, pasarse un peine
to run a comb through one's hair → peinarse, pasarse un peine
2. [of fowl] → cresta f
3. (= honeycomb) → panal m
4. (Tech) → carda f
B. VT
2. (= search) [+ countryside] → registrar a fondo, peinar
we've been combing the town for you → te hemos buscado por toda la ciudad
we've been combing the town for you → te hemos buscado por toda la ciudad
3. (Tech) [+ wool] → cardar
comb out VT + ADV [+ hair] → desenmarañar
they combed out the useless members of the staff → se deshicieron de los miembros del personal inútiles
they combed out the useless members of the staff → se deshicieron de los miembros del personal inútiles
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
comb
[ˈkəʊm] n (for hair) → peigne m
vt
[+ hair] → peigner
to comb one's hair → se peigner
You haven't combed your hair → Tu ne t'es pas peigné.
to comb one's hair → se peigner
You haven't combed your hair → Tu ne t'es pas peigné.
(= search) [+ area] → ratisser, passer au peigne fin
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
comb
n
(also Tech, of fowl) → Kamm m
(= act) to give one’s hair a comb → sich kämmen; your hair could do with a comb → du könntest dich (auch) mal wieder kämmen
(= honeycomb) → Wabe f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
comb
(kəum) noun1. a toothed instrument for separating or smoothing hair etc.
2. an object (often decorative) of similar appearance worn by some women to keep a hair-style in place.
3. the honey cells made by bees. a honeycomb.
4. the crest of some birds.
verb1. to arrange and smooth with a comb. Comb your hair!
2. to search (a place) thoroughly (for something). They combed the hills for the missing climber.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
comb
→ مِشْط, يُـمَشِّطُ česat, hřeben kæmme, kam Kamm, kämmen χτένα, χτενίζω peinar, peine kammata, kampa peigne, peigner češalj, češljati pettinare, pettine 櫛, 櫛でとかす 빗, 빗다 kam, kammen gre (seg), kam grzebień, uczesać pente, pentear расческа, расчесывать kam, kamma หวี tarak, taramak chải, lược 梳子, 梳理Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
comb
n. peine;
vt. peinar, peinarse.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
comb
n peine m; vt peinar; to — one’s hair peinarseEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.