COMB | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of comb in English combnoun [ C ] uk /kəʊm/ us /koʊm/

comb noun [C] (FOR HAIR)

Add to word list Add to word list A2 a flat piece of plastic, wood, or metal with a thin row of long, narrow parts along one side, used to tidy and arrange your hair   onebluelight/E+/GettyImages a small comb-shaped object that women put in their hair to hold their hair away from their face or for decoration   Marlena Krzywicka ( Szymanska)/FOAP/GettyImages

• I can't find my brush, but I still have my comb.
• Can I borrow your comb?.
• I always carry a comb in my handbag.

Hair care

• argan oil
• barrette
• beauty product
• blow dryer
• bobble
• brush
• coconut oil
• crimp
• hair gel
• hair mousse
• hair slide
• hair spray
• hairdryer
• hairpin
• permed
• pomade
• ponytailer
• relaxant
• relaxed
• styling

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comb noun [C] (CHICKEN)

a soft, red, growth on a chicken's head Synonym cockscomb   GlobalP/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages The head & neck of non-human animals

• antler
• beak
• bill
• cockscomb
• crest
• crested
• crop
• dewlap
• horned
• jaw
• muley
• neck
• nose
• pouch
• proboscis
• sucker
• tufted
• tusk
• wattle

See more results » combverb [ T ] uk /kəʊm/ us /koʊm/

comb verb [T] (TIDY HAIR)

B1 to tidy your hair using a comb: She combed her hair and put on some lipstick.comb something out I've been trying to comb out (= remove using a comb) the knots in her hair.

• I combed my hair before I left home.
• Comb your hair before you have your photo taken.
• She combed her hair with her fingers.

Hair care

• argan oil
• barrette
• beauty product
• blow dryer
• bobble
• brush
• coconut oil
• crimp
• hair gel
• hair mousse
• hair slide
• hair spray
• hairdryer
• hairpin
• permed
• pomade
• ponytailer
• relaxant
• relaxed
• styling

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comb verb [T] (SEARCH)

to search a place or an area very carefully in order to find something: comb somewhere for something The police combed the whole area for evidence.comb through Investigators combed through the wreckage. to search for something

• searchI've searched everywhere and can't find my passport.
• lookShe was looking in her handbag for a pen.
• huntI've hunted all over the place but I can't find that book.
• rummageHe rummaged through his pockets, looking for his keys.
• ferret outThe inspector general has broad powers to ferret out fraud on the state and local level.
• combPolice combed the area for evidence.

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• beachcomb
• beachcomber
• beachcombing
• body search
• bounty hunter
• forage
• frisk
• grope your way
• hot on someone's/something's heels idiom
• house hunting
• house-hunt
• hunt
• lookout
• rake
• rifle
• root around (somewhere) phrasal verb
• root something/someone out phrasal verb
• rummage
• scour
• trawl

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comb | American Dictionary

combnoun [ C ] us /koʊm/

comb noun [C] (HAIR TOOL)

Add to word list Add to word list a strip of plastic, wood, or metal with a row of long, narrow parts along one side, which is used to arrange or hold the hair: Combs have been used from ancient times by women to hold and fix their hair. combverb [ T ] us /koʊm/

comb verb [T] (SEARCH)

to search a place or an area very carefully: The police combed the surrounding woods for evidence.

comb verb [T] (USE HAIR TOOL)

to arrange your hair by pulling a comb through it: She combed her hair and put on some lipstick. (Definition of comb from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of comb

comb The difficult part is encoding: we have to transform a generalised duplicator into a generalised sharing, that is, a tree into a comb. From the Cambridge English Corpus Filaments are forming dense, interconnected fibrous cylinders around each comb cell (fc). From the Cambridge English Corpus Nailed either to small hand cards, or to large cylinders in carding machines, this process loosened matted wool without combing it straight. From the Cambridge English Corpus If the multitude of modes in each comb acts coherently as a single mode, one can expect to see periodicity. From the Cambridge English Corpus The dorsal spines of the comb are nearly as long as the ventral portion of the pronotum, while the lateral spines are quite short. From the Cambridge English Corpus The comb filter produced a pitched quality by resonating at certain pitches when excited by the speech input. From the Cambridge English Corpus It may be aggravated by chewing, combing the hair or wearing spectacles. From the Cambridge English Corpus As they walked, they waggled their abdomens from side to side, while their hind legs moved backwards and forwards, apparently combing pollen from the anthers. From the Cambridge English Corpus This configuration colours the input sound, as it boosts certain frequencies and attenuates others, in a shape resembling the teeth of a comb. From the Cambridge English Corpus The termites utilize the fungal nodules and the fungus combs are degraded by the fungi. From the Cambridge English Corpus For example, for the comb filter, the position sensor controls delay and gain and the pressure sensor controls feedback levels. From the Cambridge English Corpus The major statutes and court cases have been combed through by legal specialists from a dozen different angles. From the Cambridge English Corpus The set can be considered as the union of two topologist's combs. From the Cambridge English Corpus Note that, in the cases m = 0 and m = 1, this agrees with our previous definitions of comb and once-iterated comb. From the Cambridge English Corpus This can only be done with a coil binding, not with a comb binding. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of comb These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of comb?

Translations of comb

in Chinese (Traditional) 用於梳頭髮, 梳子, 梳狀髮卡… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 用于梳头发, 梳子, 梳状发卡… See more in Spanish peine, cresta, peinar… See more in Portuguese pente, crista, pentear… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian कंगवा, फणी, कंगव्याचा वापर करून केस स्वच्छ करणे… See more くし, （髪）をくしでとかす, 櫛（くし）… See more tarak, taramak, karış karış aramak… See more peigne [masculine], peigner, passer au peigne fin… See more pinta, pentinar… See more kam, honingraat, kammen… See more பிளாஸ்டிக், மரம் அல்லது உலோகத்தின் ஒரு தட்டையான துண்டு, ஒரு பக்கத்தில் நீண்ட… See more कंघा, (स्त्रियों के केश सज्जा की) कंघी, कंघी करना… See more કાંસકો, દાંતિયો, એક નાની કાંસકી આકારની વસ્તુ જેને વાળને ચહેરા પર આવતા અટકાવવા અથવા શણગાર માટે સ્ત્રીઓ પોતાના વાળમાં ભરાવે છે.… See more kam, pyntekam, bikage… See more kam, vaxkaka, kamma… See more sikat, sisir rambut, sarang lebah madu… See more der Kamm, der Haarkamm, die Wabe… See more kam [masculine], gre, kjemme… See more کنگھی, چھوٹی کنگھی جیسی شے جسے عموماً خواتین اپنے بالوں کو سمیٹنے کے لئےاستعمال کرتی ہیں, کنگھی کرنا… See more гребінь, гребінець, стільники… See more దువ్వెన, దువ్వడం… See more চুল আঁচড়ানোর চিরুনি, চিরুনি আকারের ছোটো বস্তু যা মহিলারা মুখের বাইরে চুল আটকে রাখতে বা সাজসজ্জায় ব্যবহার করেন, চুল আঁচড়ানো… See more hřeben, plástev, hřebínek… See more sisir, sarang lebah, jambul… See more หวี, ที่ติดผม, รวงผึ้ง… See more cái lược, cái lược bờm, tổ ong… See more grzebień, czesać, przeczesywać… See more 빗, 빗질하다… See more pettine, pettinare, favo… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of comb

• comb-over
• roof comb
• comb binding
• comb something out
• comb, at cockscomb
• comb through something
• fine-tooth comb

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  • Noun 
    • comb (FOR HAIR)
    • comb (CHICKEN)
  • Verb 
    • comb (TIDY HAIR)
    • comb (SEARCH)
• American   
  • Noun 
    • comb (HAIR TOOL)
  • Verb 
    • comb (SEARCH)
    • comb (USE HAIR TOOL)
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