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Combing
see synonyms of combingNoun
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Combing
see synonyms of combingnoun
1.
a toothed device of metal, plastic, wood, etc, used for disentangling or arranging hair
2.
a tool or machine that separates, cleans, and straightens wool, cotton, etc
3. Australian and New Zealand
the fixed cutter on a sheep-shearing machine
4.
anything resembling a toothed comb in form or function
5.
the fleshy deeply serrated outgrowth on the top of the heads of certain birds, esp the domestic fowl
6.
anything resembling the comb of a bird
7.
a currycomb
8.
a honeycomb
9.
the row of fused cilia in a ctenophore
10. go over with a fine-tooth comb
verb
11. (transitive)
to use a comb on
12. (when tr, often foll by through)
to search or inspect with great care
the police combed the woods
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Combing
see synonyms of combing noun
1.
a thin strip of hard rubber, plastic, metal, etc. with teeth, passed through the hair to arrange or clean it, or set in the hair to hold it in place or
as an ornament
2.
anything like a comb in form, function, or location
; specif.,a.
a currycomb
b.
a fine-toothed implement or machine used to clean and straighten long fibers of wool, cotton, flax, etc.
c.
a red, fleshy outgrowth on the top of the head, as of a rooster
d.
a thing like a rooster's comb in position or appearance, as the crest of a helmet
3.
a honeycomb
verb transitive
4.
to clean, straighten out, or arrange with a comb
5.
to remove with or as with a comb; separate
often with out6. US
to search thoroughly; look everywhere in
to comb a house for a missing book
verb intransitive US
7.
to roll over; break
said of waves noun
coomb
1.
combination
2.
combining
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Combing
see synonyms of combingn.
1.
a. A thin toothed strip, as of plastic, used to smooth, arrange, or fasten the hair.
b. An implement, such as one for dressing and cleansing wool or other fiber, that resembles a hair comb in shape or use.
c. A currycomb.
2.
a. The fleshy crest or ridge that grows on the crown of the head of domestic fowl and other birds and is most prominent in the male.
b. Something suggesting a fowl's comb in appearance or position.
3. A honeycomb.
v. combed, comb·ing, combs
v.tr.
1.
a. To arrange or groom (the hair) with or as with a comb: combed her hair with a comb; combed his hair with his fingers.
b. To move through or pass across with a raking action: The wind combed the wheatfields.
2. To straighten and separate (wool or other fibers) using a comb.
3. To search thoroughly; look through: combed the dresser drawers for a lost bracelet.
4. To eliminate with or as with a comb: combed the snarls out of his hair.
v.intr.
1. To roll and break. Used of waves.
2. To make a thorough search: combed through the file for the contract.
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