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Noun comb has 6 senses
  1. comb - a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
    --1 is a kind of     device
    --1 has part: tooth
    --1 has particulars:
     fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb; hatchel, heckle; pocketcomb, pocket comb
    Derived forms: verb comb1, verb comb3
  2. comb, cockscomb, coxcomb - the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
    --2 is a kind of crest
    --2 is a part of gallinaceous bird, gallinacean
  3. comb - a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl
    --3 is a kind of     caruncle, caruncula
    --3 is a part of
     cock, rooster; turkey cock, gobbler, tom, tom turkey
  4. comb - any of several tools for straightening fibers
    --4 is a kind of     tool
    --4 has part: tooth
    --4 has particulars: currycomb
    Derived form: verb comb3
  5. comb - ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
    --5 is a kind of     plate
    --5 is a part of ctenophore, comb jelly
  6. comb, combing - the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb"
    --6 is a kind of hair care, haircare, hairdressing
    --6 has particulars: comb-out, teasing
    Derived forms: verb comb1, verb comb3
Verb comb has 3 senses
  1. comb - straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"; "comb the wool"
    --1 is one way to     straighten, straighten out
    Derived forms: noun comb1, noun comb6, noun combing1
    Sample sentence:
    They comb their hair
  2. comb, ransack - search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"
    --2 is one way to search
    Sample sentences:
    The men comb the area for animals
    The men comb for animals in the area
  3. comb, comb out, disentangle - smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
    --3 is one way to groom, neaten
    Derived forms: noun comb4, noun comb1, noun comb6, noun combing1
    Sample sentence:
    They comb their hair
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