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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
comb n 1: a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair 2: the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds [syn: comb, cockscomb, coxcomb] 3: any of several tools for straightening fibers 4: ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore 5: the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb" [syn: comb, combing] v 1: straighten with a comb; "comb your hair" 2: search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" [syn: comb, ransack] 3: smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" [syn: comb, comb out, disentangle] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Comb \Comb\ (k[=o]m; 110), n. [AS. camb; akin to Sw., Dan., & D. kam, Icel. kambr, G. kamm, Gr. ? a grinder tooth, Skr. jambha tooth.] 1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place. [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb. [1913 Webster] 3. (Manuf. & Mech.) (a) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc. (b) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine. (c) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat. (d) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser. (e) The notched scale of a wire micrometer. (f) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) (a) The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red. (b) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions. [1913 Webster] 5. The curling crest of a wave. [1913 Webster] 6. The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. "A comb of honey." --Wyclif. [1913 Webster] When the bee doth leave her comb. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Comb \Comb\, n. A dry measure. See Coomb. [1913 Webster] | ||
4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Comb \Comb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combed; p. pr. & vb. n. Combing.] To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing. [1913 Webster] Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright. --Shak. [1913 Webster] | ||
5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Comb \Comb\, v. i. [See Comb, n., 5.] (Naut.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves. [1913 Webster] Comb | ||
6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Comb \Comb\, Combe \Combe\ (? or ?), n. [AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.] That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [Written also coombe.] --Buckland. [1913 Webster] A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. --Southey. [1913 Webster] | ||
7. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
Coomb \Coomb\, n. [AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. ? hollow of a vessel, cup, boat, but cf. G. kumpf bowl.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb.] [1913 Webster] Coomb | ||
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