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comb - a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair |
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device any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen"
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currycomb a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses
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fine-tooth comb,
fine-toothed comb a method of examining in minute detail; "he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes"
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pocket comb,
pocketcomb a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket
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tooth a means of enforcement; "the treaty had no teeth in it"
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comb - the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb" |
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combing |
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hair care,
haircare,
hairdressing care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair
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comb-out,
teasing the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people; "the department got a good comb-out"
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comb - any of several tools for straightening fibers |
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tool an implement used in the practice of a vocation
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hatchel,
heckle a comb for separating flax fibers
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tooth a means of enforcement; "the treaty had no teeth in it"
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comb - the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds |
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cockscomb,
coxcomb |
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crest a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
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gallinacean,
gallinaceous bird heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
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comb - ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore |
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plate dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten
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comb jelly,
ctenophore biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
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comb - smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" |
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disentangle |
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neaten,
groom care for one's external appearance; "He is always well-groomed"
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sleek down,
slick down,
slick give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair"
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fluff,
tease ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
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comb - straighten with a comb; "comb your hair" |
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straighten,
straighten out make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"
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roach cut the mane off (a horse)
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currycomb clean (a horse) with a currycomb
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hackle,
hatchel,
heckle challenge aggressively
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comb - search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" |
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ransack |
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search try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
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