comb
[verb]
Synonyms:
- untangle, arrange, dress, groom
- search, forage, hunt, rake, ransack, rummage, scour, sift

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Related Words: examine, inspect, scrutinize, investigate, probe, sift

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. comb¹ /kəʊm $ koʊm/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: camb]

1. [countable] a flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for making your hair tidy ⇒ brush

2. [countable] a small flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for keeping your hair back or for decoration

3. [singular] if you give your hair a comb, you make it tidy using a comb:
Your hair needs a good comb.

4. [countable] the red piece of flesh that grows on top of a male chicken’s head

5. [countable] a honeycomb
⇒ fine-tooth comb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. comb² verb [transitive]

1. to make hair look tidy using a comb:
Melanie ran upstairs to comb her hair.

2. to search a place thoroughly
comb something for somebody/something
Police are still combing the woods for the missing boy.
comb something ↔ out phrasal verb
to use a comb to make untidy hair look smooth and tidy:
She sat combing out her hair in front of the kitchen mirror.
comb through something phrasal verb
to search through a lot of objects or information in order to find a specific thing or piece of information:
We spent weeks combing through huge piles of old documents.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

comb
noun
I. used for making your hair tidy
VERB + COMB use
PHRASES a brush and comb, drag/run a comb through sth She ran a comb through her tangled hair.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

comb
II. act of combing
VERB + COMB could do with, need Your hair could do with a comb!
give sth She gave her hair a comb.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

comb
̈ɪkəum
See: fine-tooth comb

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲