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comb n 1: a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair 2: the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds syn cockscomb, coxcomb 3: a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl 4: any of several tools for straightening fibers 5: ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore 6: the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb" syn combing v 1: straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"; "comb the wool" 2: search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" syn ransack 3: smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" syn comb out, disentangle Source: WordNet. Princeton University
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