comb
noun
[ kəʊm ]
• a strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair.
• a device for separating and dressing textile fibres.
• the red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a cock.
• "a grey-speckled hen with a red comb and wattles"
• short for honeycomb (sense 1 of the noun).
comb
verb
• untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it.
• "she combed her hair and put some lipstick on"
Similar:
groom,
untangle,
disentangle,
smooth out,
straighten,
arrange,
neaten,
tidy,
dress,
rake,
curry,
• prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb.
• "the wool had been cleaned and combed"
• search carefully and systematically.
• "police combed the area for the murder weapon"
Similar:
search,
scour,
look around in,
explore,
sweep,
probe,
hunt through,
look through,
scrabble about in,
scrabble around in,
root about in,
root around in,
ferret (about) in,
ferret (around) in,
rummage about in,
rummage round in,
rummage around in,
rummage in,
rummage through,
forage through,
fish about in,
fish around in,
poke about in,
poke around in,
dig in,
grub about in,
grub around in,
delve in,
go through,
sift through,
rake,
rifle through,
ransack,
turn over,
turn upside down,
turn inside out,
leave no stone unturned in,
rootle around in,
fossick through,
roust around in,
Origin:
Old English camb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kam and German Kamm .