Definition of comb

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  • comb is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
  • comb is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
  • comb is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of comb

  • search thoroughly (verb)

    Examples

    1. They combed the area for the missing child

    Synonyms

    1. ransack
  • smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb (verb)

    Examples

    1. comb your hair before dinner
    2. comb the wool

    Synonyms

    1. comb out
    2. disentangle
  • the act of drawing a comb through hair (noun)

    Examples

    1. his hair needed a comb

    Synonyms

    1. combing
  • the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cockscomb
    2. coxcomb
  • a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair (noun)
  • any of several tools for straightening fibers (noun)
  • ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore (noun)
  • straighten with a comb (verb)

    Examples

    1. comb your hair

See definition of comb in Merriam Webster