NOUN | artifact | comb | a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge |
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animal | comb, cockscomb, coxcomb | the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds | |
artifact | comb | any of several tools for straightening fibers | |
animal | comb | ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore | |
act | comb, combing | the act of drawing a comb through hair | |
VERB | contact | comb | straighten with a comb |
contact | comb, ransack | search thoroughly | |
body | comb, comb out, disentangle | smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb |
Sounds | kow'm | |
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Rhymes | aerodrome ... tome: 31 rhymes with owm... |
Meaning | A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair. | |
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Parts | tooth | Something resembling the tooth of an animal |
Narrower | currycomb | A square comb with rows of small teeth |
fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb | A comb with teeth set close together | |
pocketcomb, pocket comb | A small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket | |
Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
Spanish | peine | |
Catalan | pinta | |
Adjectives | comb-like | resembling a comb |
Verbs | comb | smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb |
comb | straighten with a comb |
Meaning | The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds. | |
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Synonyms | cockscomb, coxcomb | |
Part of | gallinaceous bird, gallinacean | Heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds |
Broader | crest | A showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal |
Spanish | cresta | |
Catalan | cresta |
Meaning | Any of several tools for straightening fibers. | |
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Parts | tooth | Something resembling the tooth of an animal |
Narrower | hatchel, heckle | A comb for separating flax fibers |
Broader | tool | An implement used in the practice of a vocation |
Spanish | peine | |
Verbs | comb | smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb |
Meaning | ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore. | |
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Part of | ctenophore, comb jelly | biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb |
Broader | plate | Any flat platelike body ... / body structure or part |
Spanish | paleta natatoria |
Meaning | The act of drawing a comb through hair. | |
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Example | "his hair needed a comb" | |
Synonym | combing | |
Narrower | comb-out, teasing | The act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb |
Broader | hair care, haircare, hairdressing | care for the hair |
Spanish | peinadura, peine | |
Catalan | pentinada, pinta | |
Verbs | comb | smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb |
comb | straighten with a comb |
Meaning | straighten with a comb. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They comb their hair | |
Example | "comb your hair" | |
Narrower | currycomb | clean (a horse) with a currycomb |
heckle, hackle, hatchel | comb with a heckle | |
roach | comb (hair) into a roach | |
Broader | straighten, straighten out | make straight |
Spanish | peinar | |
Catalan | pentinar | |
Nouns | comb, combing | the act of drawing a comb through hair |
comb | a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge |
Meaning | search thoroughly. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | The men comb the area for animals; The men comb for animals in the area | |
Example | "They combed the area for the missing child" | |
Synonym | ransack | |
Broader | search | subject to a search |
Spanish | peinar, registrar |
Meaning | smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They comb their hair | |
Examples |
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Synonyms | comb out, disentangle | |
Narrower | slick, slick down, sleek down | Give a smooth and glossy appearance |
tease, fluff | ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect | |
Broader | groom, neaten | care for one's external appearance |
Spanish | desenmarañar, desenredar, peinar | |
Catalan | pentinar | |
Nouns | comb, combing | the act of drawing a comb through hair |
comb | a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge | |
comb | any of several tools for straightening fibers |
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