- comb - a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
--1 is a kind of device
--1 has part: tooth
--1 has particulars:fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb; hatchel, heckle; pocketcomb, pocket comb Derived forms: verb comb1, verb comb3 - comb, cockscomb, coxcomb - the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
--2 is a kind of crest
--2 is a part of gallinaceous bird, gallinacean - comb - a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl
--3 is a kind of caruncle, caruncula
--3 is a part ofcock, rooster; turkey cock, gobbler, tom, tom turkey - comb - any of several tools for straightening fibers
--4 is a kind of tool
--4 has part: tooth
--4 has particulars: currycombDerived form: verb comb3 - comb - ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
--5 is a kind of plate
--5 is a part of ctenophore, comb jelly- comb, combing - the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb"
--6 is a kind of hair care, haircare, hairdressing
--6 has particulars: comb-out, teasingDerived forms: verb comb1, verb comb3 - comb - any of several tools for straightening fibers
- comb - straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"; "comb the wool"
--1 is one way to straighten, straighten out
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun comb1, noun comb6, noun combing1
They comb their hair
- comb, ransack - search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"
--2 is one way to search
Sample sentences:
The men comb the area for animals
The men comb for animals in the area
- comb, comb out, disentangle - smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
--3 is one way to groom, neaten
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun comb4, noun comb1, noun comb6, noun combing1
They comb their hair