comb

noun

  1. 1

    the act of drawing a comb through hair

    his hair needed a comb

  2. 2

    the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

  3. 3

    ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

  4. 4

    a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

  5. 5

    any of several tools for straightening fibers

verb

  1. 1

    smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

    comb your hair before dinner

    comb the wool

  2. 2

    search thoroughly

    They combed the area for the missing child

  3. 3

    straighten with a comb

    comb your hair

Synonyms

Also useful for “comb”:Unscrambler