Comb | Mean of comb in English Dictionary

/ˈkoʊm/

• Noun
• a flat piece of plastic or metal with a row of thin teeth that is used for making hair neat
• a device that is used for separating or straightening fibers (such as wool fibers)
• a soft part on top of the head of some birds (such as chickens)
1. Roosters have red combs.
• Verb

• to smooth, arrange, or separate (hair or fibers) with a comb
1. Go comb your hair.
2. He combed back his hair.
3. The wool is combed before being spun into yarn.
• to search (something) very thoroughly in order to find something
1. We combed the beach for shells.
2. They got the information by combing through old records.
• to make (hair) neat and smooth with a comb
1. She sat in front of the mirror combing out her hair.
2. Her mother combed the tangles out.