comb
noun
1. a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
Definition categories: man–made, device
2. the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
Similar word(s): cockscomb, coxcomb
Definition categories: animal, crest
3. any of several tools for straightening fibers
Definition categories: man–made, tool
4. ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
Definition categories: animal, plate
5. the act of drawing a comb through hair
- his hair needed a comb
Similar word(s): combing
Definition categories: act, haircare, hairdressing
verb
1. straighten with a comb
- comb your hair
Definition categories: contact, straighten
2. search thoroughly
- They combed the area for the missing child
Similar word(s): ransack
Definition categories: contact, search
3. smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
- comb your hair before dinner
- comb the wool
Similar word(s): disentangle
Definition categories: body, groom, neaten
Sentences with comb as a verb:
- I need to comb my hair before we leave the house
- Police combed the field for evidence after the assault