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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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