Meaning of 'comb'

noun

the act of drawing a comb through hair

Example: "Their tangled hair definitely needed a comb."

Synonyms: combing

noun

the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

Synonyms: coxcomb

noun

ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

noun

a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge

noun

any of several tools for straightening fibers

verb

to smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

Example: "comb your hair before dinner"

Synonyms: comb out disentangle

verb

to search thoroughly

Example: "They combed the area for the missing child"

Synonyms: ransack

verb

to straighten with a comb

Example: "comb your hair"