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comb
noun
verb
The act of drawing a comb through hair
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noun
The act of drawing a comb through hair
“His hair needed a comb”
noun
The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
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”
verb
Search thoroughly
“They combed the area for the missing child”
verb
Straighten with a comb
“Comb your hair”
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His hair needed a comb
Comb your hair before dinner
Comb the wool
They combed the area for the missing child
Comb your hair
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