comb

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comb

US /koʊm/ 
UK /kəʊm/ 

a flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for making your hair tidy

شانه - comb
Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

a plastic comb

 

Oxford Essential Dictionary

noun
a flat piece of metal or plastic with thin parts like teeth. You use it to make your hair tidy.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

comb

I. comb1 /kəʊm $ koʊm/ BrE AmE noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: camb]

1. [countable] a flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for making your hair tidy ⇨ brush
2. [countable] a small flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for keeping your hair back or for decoration
3. [singular] if you give your hair a comb, you make it tidy using a comb:
Your hair needs a good comb.
4. [countable] the red piece of flesh that grows on top of a male chicken’s head
5. [countable] a ↑honeycomb
⇨ fine-tooth comb

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

comb

 

 

comb [comb combs combed combing] noun, verb   [kəʊm]    [koʊm] 

 

noun

1. countable a flat piece of plastic or metal with a row of thin teeth along one side, used for making your hair neat; a smaller version of this worn by women in their hair to hold it in place or as a decoration

• He just had time to wash his face and drag a comb through his hair before going out.

2. countable, usually singular the act of using a comb on your hair

• Your hair needs a good comb.

 

3. countable, uncountable =  honeycomb

4. countable the soft, red piece of flesh on the head of a male chicken
see with a fine-tooth comb at  fine-tooth comb  adj.  
Word Origin:
Old English camb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kam and German Kamm.  
Example Bank:
She ran a comb through her tangled hair.
• Your hair could do with a comb!

Derived: comb something out 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

comb     / kəʊm /      / koʊm /   noun   [ C ]   (FOR HAIR) 
  
comb     A2     a flat piece of plastic, wood, or metal with a thin row of long, narrow parts along one side, used to tidy and arrange your hair 
See picture  comb 
        a small comb-shaped object that women put in their hair to hold their hair away from their face or for decoration 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

comb     / kəʊm /      / koʊm /   noun   [ C ]   (CHICKEN) 
  
        a soft red growth on a chicken's head 
  
 →  Synonym     cockscomb 

 

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

comb

[ko͟ʊm]
 combs, combing, combed
 1) N-COUNT A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

1comb /ˈkoʊm/ noun, pl combs [count]
1 a : a flat piece of plastic or metal with a row of thin teeth that is used for making hair neat - see picture at grooming
b : a device that is used for separating or straightening fibers (such as wool fibers)
2 : a soft part on top of the head of some birds (such as chickens)
• Roosters have red combs.
3 : honeycomb
go over/through with a fine-tooth comb

comb

comb [verb] (TIDY HAIR)
US /koʊm/ 
UK /kəʊm/ 
Example: 

I didn’t even have time to comb my hair.

to make hair look tidy using a comb

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

I didn’t even have time to comb my hair.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

comb

 verb (combs, combing, combed )
to make your hair tidy with a comb:
Have you combed your hair?

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

II. comb2 BrE AmE verb [transitive]
1. to make hair look tidy using a comb:
Melanie ran upstairs to comb her hair.
2. to search a place thoroughly
comb something for somebody/something
Police are still combing the woods for the missing boy.
comb something ↔ out phrasal verb
to use a comb to make untidy hair look smooth and tidy:
She sat combing out her hair in front of the kitchen mirror.
comb through something phrasal verb
to search through a lot of objects or information in order to find a specific thing or piece of information:
We spent weeks combing through huge piles of old documents.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

verb
1. transitive ~ sth to pull a comb through your hair in order to make it neat
• Don't forget to comb your hair!

• Her hair was neatly combed back.

2. transitive, intransitive to search sth carefully in order to find sb/sth
Syn:  scour
~ sth I combed the shops looking for something to wear.
~ sth for sb/sth The police combed the area for clues.

~ through sth (for sb/sth) They combed through the files for evidence of fraud.

3. transitive ~ sth (technical) to make wool, cotton, etc. clean and straight using a special comb so that it can be used to make cloth
Verb forms:

 
Word Origin:
Old English camb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kam and German Kamm.  
Example Bank:
• Don't forget to comb your hair.

• His hair was neatly combed back.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

comb     / kəʊm /      / koʊm /   verb   [ T ]   (TIDY HAIR) 
  
    B1     to tidy your hair using a comb:  
  She combed her hair and put on some lipstick. 
  I've been trying to comb  out    (= remove using a comb)  the knots in her hair. 

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

comb     / kəʊm /      / koʊm /   verb   [ T ]   (SEARCH) 
  
        to search a place or an area very carefully in order to find something:  
  The police combed the whole area  for  evidence. 
  Investigators combed  through  the wreckage. 

 

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

2) VERB When you comb your hair, you tidy it using a comb.
  [V n] Salvatore combed his hair carefully...
  [V-ed] Her reddish hair was cut short and neatly combed.
 3) VERB If you comb a place, you search everywhere in it in order to find someone or something.
  [V n for n] Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon...
  [V n] They fanned out and carefully combed the temple grounds.
 4) VERB If you comb through information, you look at it very carefully in order to find something.
  [V through n] Eight policemen then spent two years combing through the evidence.
 5) → See also fine-tooth comb

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

comb

2comb verb combs; combed; comb·ing
1 [+ obj] : to smooth, arrange, or separate (hair or fibers) with a comb
• Go comb your hair.
• He combed back his hair.
• The wool is combed before being spun into yarn.
2 : to search (something) very thoroughly in order to find something

[+ obj]

• We combed the beach for shells.

[no obj]

- usually + through
• They got the information by combing through old records.
comb out [phrasal verb] comb out (hair) or comb (hair) out : to make (hair) neat and smooth with a comb
• She sat in front of the mirror combing out her hair.
• Her mother combed the tangles out.

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