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noun | verb combcomb1 /koʊm/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYcomb1Origin: Old English camb 1 a flat piece of plastic, metal, etc. with a row of thin things like small sticks on one side, used to make your hair look neat2a small flat piece of plastic, metal, etc. with a row of thin things like small sticks on one side, used for keeping your hair back or for decoration3science, biology the red piece of flesh that grows on top of a male chicken’s head4a honeycomb [Origin: Old English camb] → see also fine-toothed comb noun | verb combcomb2 ●●● S3 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcomb |
Present | I, you, we, they | comb | | he, she, it | combs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | combed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have combed | | he, she, it | has combed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had combed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will comb | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have combed |
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Present | I | am combing | | he, she, it | is combing | | you, we, they | are combing | Past | I, he, she, it | was combing | | you, we, they | were combing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been combing | | he, she, it | has been combing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been combing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be combing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been combing |
1to make your hair look neat with a comb: Comb your hair before you go out.2to search a place thoroughly: Volunteers combed the area until the body was found.comb something for somebody/something Police combed the forest for clues.comb something ↔ out phrasal verb to make messy hair look neat and smooth using a comb: The worst thing about having long hair is combing out the tangles.comb through 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 old documents. |