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comb C0498300 (kōm)n.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.
[Middle English, from Old English camb, comb; see gembh- in Indo-European roots.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | combed - (of hair) made tidy with a comb; "with hair combed to the side"uncombed - (of hair) not combed; "he was unwashed and uncombed with his clothes half buttoned"; "wild unkempt hair" |
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draggedSaid of an exposed surface over which a drag or comb has been pulled or worked to produce a textured surface.combed
Related to combed: Combed cottonAntonyms for combedadj (of hair) made tidy with a combAntonyms |