Search Result:comb
KK Pronunciation
〔 kom 〕
Pronunciation
〔 koum 〕
Overview of noun comb
The noun comb has 5 senses
- comb -- (a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair)
- comb, cockscomb, coxcomb -- (the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds)
- comb -- (any of several tools for straightening fibers)
- comb -- (ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore)
- comb, combing -- (the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb")
Overview of verb comb
The verb comb has 3 senses
- comb -- (straighten with a comb; "comb your hair")
- comb, ransack -- (search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child")
- comb, comb out, disentangle -- (smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool")