Etymology : Middle English, from Old English camb; akin to Old High German kamb comb, Greek gomphos tooth
Pronunciation : kOm
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. toothed object used to arrange hair; fowl's fleshy crest; honeycomb; narrow valley. arrange with a comb (of hair); groom a horse; search thoroughly. comb\comb\ (?; 110), n. [as. camb; akin to sw., dan., & d. kam, icel. kambr, g. kamm, gr. a grinder tooth, skr. jambha tooth.].
2. an instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.
3. an instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.
4. (manuf. & mech.) (a) a toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc. (b) the serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine. (c) a former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat. (d) a tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser. (e) the notched scale of a wire micrometer. (f) the collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
5. (zo?l.) (a) the naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. it is usually red. (b) one of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.
6. the curling crest of a wave.
7. the waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. "a comb of honey." when the bee doth leave her comb.
8. the thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.comb \comb\, v. i. [see:
comb, n., 5.] (naut.) to roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves. [comb \comb\, combe \combe\ (? or ?), ] n. [as. comb, prob. of celtic origin; cf. w. cwm a dale, valley.] that unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [written also coombe.] land. a gradual rise the shelving combe displayed.comb \comb\, n. a dry measure. see:
coomb.comb \comb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. combed ; p. pr. & vb. n. combing.] to disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. see:
under combing. comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright.comb n.
9. a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair.
10. the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds [syn: cockscomb, coxcomb].
11. a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl.
12. any of several tools for straightening fibers.
13. ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore.
14. 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: of hair [syn: comb out, disentangle].
15. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.
16. An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.
17. A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.
18. The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.
19. A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.
20. A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
21. The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
22. The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
23. The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird.
24. It is usually red.
25. One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.
26. The curling crest of a wave.
27. The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb.
28. The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.
29. To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool.
30. See under Combing.
31. To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
32. That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it.
33. A dry measure.
34. See Coomb. the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb" the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair any of several tools for straightening fibers a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"; "comb the wool".
35. 1. A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair.
36. When you comb your hair, you tidy it using a comb. Salvatore combed his hair carefully Her reddish hair was cut short and neatly combed.
37. If you comb a place, you search everywhere in it in order to find someone or something. Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon They fanned out and carefully combed the temple grounds.
38. If you comb through information, you look at it very carefully in order to find something. Eight policemen then spent two years combing through the evidence. see also:
fine-tooth comb.
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