Comb - Definition
comb
n 1: a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge;
disentangles or arranges hair
2: the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and
other gallinaceous birds [syn: comb, cockscomb,
coxcomb]
3: any of several tools for straightening fibers
4: ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
5: the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a
comb" [syn: comb, combing]
v 1: straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"
2: search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing
child" [syn: comb, ransack]
3: smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair
before dinner"; "comb the wool" [syn: comb, comb out,
disentangle]