English dictionary
comb
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the act of drawing a comb through hair
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
verb
- search thoroughly
verb
- straighten with a comb
Example sentences
his hair needed a comb
comb your hair before dinner
comb the wool
They combed the area for the missing child
comb your hair