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(verb) of hair |
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Synonyms: comb out, disentangle |
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Related Words: fluff, groom, neaten, sleek down, slick, slick down, tease |
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(noun) the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb" |
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Synonyms: combing |
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Related Words: comb-out, hair care, hairdressing, teasing |
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(verb) search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" |
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Synonyms: ransack |
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Related Words: search |
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(verb) straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"; "comb the wool" |
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Related Words: hackle, hatchel, heckle, straighten, straighten out |
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(noun) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds |
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Synonyms: cockscomb, coxcomb |
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Related Words: crest |
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(noun) ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore |
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Related Words: plate |
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(noun) a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair |
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Related Words: device, pocket comb, pocketcomb |
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(noun) any of several devices for straightening fibers |
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Related Words: currycomb, tool |
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(noun) a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl |
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Related Words: caruncle, caruncula |
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