noun
a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge
Examples
- disentangles or arranges hair
noun
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
Synonyms
noun
any of several tools for straightening fibers
noun
ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
noun
the act of drawing a comb through hair
Synonyms
Examples
- his hair needed a comb
verb
straighten with a comb
Examples
- comb your hair
verb
search thoroughly
Synonyms
Examples
- They combed the area for the missing child
verb
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
Synonyms
Examples
- comb your hair before dinner
- comb the wool