comb Definition

comb
noun

1a. A rigid toothed device for tidying and arranging the hair;
1b. A similar device worn in the hair to keep it in place.
2. A toothed implement or part of a machine for disentangling, straightening and cleaning strands of wool or cotton.
3. An act of combing.
4. A honeycomb.
5. The fleshy serrated crest on the head of the male chicken or other cock bird.

verb combed, combing

1. To arrange, smooth or clean something with a comb.

Thesaurus: straighten, smooth, arrange, disentangle; Antonym: tangle.
2. To search (a place) thoroughly.

Thesaurus: search, ransack, scour, hunt, rummage, sift, sweep.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon camb, comb.

Phrasal Verb: comb something out

To remove it from the hair by combing.To search for and remove it.

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coomb
coombe
comb
combe
noun

1. In S England: a short deep valley.
2. A deep hollow in a hillside.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon cumb valley.