Look up: Comb


  1. Comb
    [disambiguation] A comb is a toothed device used for straightening and cleaning hair or fibers. Comb may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb_(disambiguation)

  2. comb
    [n] - a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl 2. [n] - any of several tools for straightening fibers 3. [n] - a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge 4. [n] - ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore 5. [...
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  3. Comb
    Comb noun [ Anglo-Saxon camb ; akin to Swedish , Dan., & Dutch kam , Icelandic kambr , German kamm , Greek ... a grinder tooth, Sanskrit jambha tooth.] 1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/113

  4. Comb
    Comb transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Combed ; present participle & verbal noun Combing .] To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or a...
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  5. Comb
    Comb intransitive verb [ See Comb , noun , 5.] (Nautical) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
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  6. Comb
    Comb noun A dry measure. See Coomb .
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/113

  7. comb
    combing noun the act of drawing a comb through hair; `his hair needed a comb`
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  8. comb
    noun ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
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  9. comb
    noun a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
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  10. comb
    noun a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl
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  11. comb
    comb out verb smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; `comb your hair before dinner`; `comb the wool`
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  12. comb
    verb search thoroughly; `They combed the area for the missing child`
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  1. comb
    coxcomb noun the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
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  2. comb
    search very carefully
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  3. Comb
    • (n.) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions. • (n.) An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place. • (n.) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine. • (n.) The curling...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/comb/

  4. comb
    (from the article `art and architecture, Oceanic`) A series of combs found in a sacred deposit at Kauri Point Swamp on New Zealand`s North Island illuminates the development of forms in the 16th to ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/114

  5. Comb
    [anatomy] Anatomically, a comb is a fleshy growth, caruncle, or crest on the top of the head of gallinaceous birds, most notably turkeys, pheasants, and domestic chickens. Its alternative name cockscomb (spelling variations abound) is because combs are generally larger on males than on femal...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb_(anatomy)

  6. Comb
    A comb is a toothed device used in hair care for straightening and cleaning hair or other fibres. Combs are among the oldest tools found by archaeologists, having been discovered in very refined forms from settlements dating back to 5000 years ago in Persia. Combs can be made out of a number of mat...
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  7. Comb
    a mass of six-sided cells made by honey bees in which brood is reared and honey and pollen are stored; composed of two layers united at their bases.
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  8. comb
    a part of an overhang packing in the shape of a comb
    Found op http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/display?openform&ievref=411-39-14

  9. Comb
    A comb is an instrument with teeth, formerly made of tortoise-shell, ivory, horn, wood, bone or metal and now most often made from plastic, used for dressing the hair, and by women for keeping the hair in its place when dressed. Combs have been used from the earliest times by all races of people.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AC1.HTM

  10. Comb
    A comb is a toothed instrument for arranging and smoothing hair. Combs have been used at least since the times of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GC.HTM

  11. Comb
    a mass of six-sided cells made by honey bees in which brood is reared and honey and pollen are stored; composed of two layers united at their bases.
    Found op http://www.beehives.info/beekeeping-terms-glossary.php

  12. Comb
    A back-to-back structure of beeswax created by bees, and composed of horizontal, hexagonal cells joined by a median midrib; used to store honey, pollen or used to raise brood.
    Found op http://pages.prodigy.net/dscribner/bees/fbeesgld.html

  13. comb
    1) Align locks 2) Barber's tool 3) Barbershop item 4) Barbershop tool 5) Brush alternative 6) Brush's companion 7) Device 8) Disentangle 9) Fowl feature 10) Grease prop 11) Hair raiser, perhaps 12) Hair straightener ...
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/comb/1

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