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comb1 [kōm]
n.
[ME < OE camb, comb, lit., toothed object < IE * g̑ombhos (> Sans jámbah, Gr gomphos, tooth) < base * ĝembh-,ĝombh-, to bite, tooth]
1. a thin strip of hard rubber, plastic, metal, etc. with teeth, passed through the hair to arrange or clean it, or set in the hair to hold it in place or as an ornament
2. anything like a comb in form, function, or location; specif.,
a) a currycomb
b) a fine-toothed implement or machine used to clean and straighten long fibers of wool, cotton, flax, etc.
c) a red, fleshy outgrowth on the top of the head, as of a rooster
d) a thing like a rooster's comb in position or appearance, as the crest of a helmet
3. a honeycomb
vt.
1. to clean, straighten out, or arrange with a comb
2. to remove with or as with a comb; separate: often with out
☆ 3. to search thoroughly; look everywhere in [to comb a house for a missing book]
vi.
☆ to roll over; break: said of waves
comb2 [ko͞om, kōm]
n.
COOMB
comb3
abbrev.
1. combination
2. combining
English World dictionary.
V. Neufeldt.
2014.
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Comb — 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}. [1913 Webster] Comb down his… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Comb — (k[=o]m; 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Comb — 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Comb — 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}.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
comb — (n.) O.E. camb comb, crest, honeycomb (later Anglian comb), from W.Gmc. *kambaz (Cf. O.S., O.H.G. camb, Ger. Kamm, M.Du. cam, Du. kam, O.N. kambr), lit. toothed object, from PIE *gombhos, from root *gembh to bite, tooth (Cf … Etymology dictionary
comb — [v1] arrange hair adjust, card, cleanse, curry, disentangle, dress, groom, hackle, hatchel, lay smooth, rasp, scrape, separate, smooth, sort, straighten, tease, untangle; concept 162 comb [v2] search by ransacking beat, beat the bushes*, examine … New thesaurus
comb — ► NOUN 1) an article with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair. 2) a device for separating and dressing textile fibres. 3) the red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a cock. 4) a honeycomb. ► VERB… … English terms dictionary
Comb — Comb, n. A dry measure. See {Coomb}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Comb — (spr. Kohm), englisches Getreidemaß, 100 C. = 265 preuß. Scheffel, 2 C. = 1 Imp. Quarter … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Comb — (spr. kōm oder kūm), engl. Hohlmaß, s. Coom … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
