comb

n.

1. 1. A thin toothed strip, as of plastic, used to smooth, arrange, or fasten the hair.
   2. An implement, such as a card for dressing and cleansing wool or other fiber, that resembles a hair comb in shape or use.
   3. A currycomb.
2. 1. The fleshy crest or ridge that grows on the crown of the head of domestic fowl and other birds and is most prominent in the male.
   2. Something suggesting a fowl's comb in appearance or position.
3. A honeycomb.

v., combed, comb·ing, combs.

v.tr.

1. 1. To move a comb through (the hair) so as to arrange or groom: combed her hair with a comb; combed his hair with his fingers.
   2. To move though or pass across with a raking action: The wind combed the wheatfields.
2. To card (wool or other fiber).
3. To search thoroughly; look through: combed the dresser drawers for a lost bracelet.
4. To eliminate with or as with a comb: combed the snarls out of his hair.

v.intr.

1. To roll and break. Used of waves.
2. To make a thorough search: combed through the file for the contract.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

verb

To make a thorough search of: forage, ransack, rummage, scour. Slang shake down. Idioms: beat the bushes, leave no stone unturned, looksearchhigh and low, looksearchup and down, turn inside out, turn upside down. See investigate.

1. Combing, 1.
2. A drag, 1.
3. Any tool used to produce combing, 2, 3.

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[Ar]

A toothed strip or block of wood, bone, stone, or metal. Such implements have a wide distribution across time and space, and a wide range of functions that include: hairdressing, carding wool, compacting the weft during weaving, and decorating pottery.

IN BRIEF: An instrument with teeth used to groom hair.

Edwina threw a comb and brush into her suitcase.

In a dream, the use of a comb could represent tidying up something such as a presentation. It can also represent careful examination, as when we go over something with a "fine tooth comb."

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kam, tagryg
v. tr. - rede, kæmme, strigle, finkæmme, skille ud
v. intr. - bryde

idioms:

• fine-tooth comb    fintandet kam, tættekam

Nederlands (Dutch)
kam, honingraat, roskam, uit-/roskammen, nauwkeurig doorzoeken

Français (French)
n. - peigne à cheveux, (Tex) carde, rayon, crête
v. tr. - peigner, se peigner, (Tex) carder, (fig) ratisser, passer au peigne fin
v. intr. - peigner, se peigner, (Tex) carder, démêler

idioms:

• fine-tooth comb    peigne fin

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kamm, Haarkamm
v. - kämmen, durchkämmen

idioms:

• fine-tooth comb    feingezähnter Kamm

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χτένα, τσατσάρα, χτένι, λανάρι, (ορνιθ.) λειρί, (μτφ.) κορυφή κύματος, κηρήθρα
v. - χτενίζω, ξαίνω, λαναρίζω, (μτφ.) χτενίζω, ερευνώ παντού

idioms:

• fine-tooth comb    ψιλή χτένα, εξαντλητικό ψάξιμο

Italiano (Italian)
pettinare, rastrellare, cresta, pettine

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pente (m), crista (f), favo (m) de mel
v. - pentear

idioms:

• fine-tooth comb    investigação (f) minuciosa

Русский (Russian)
расчесывать, прочесывать, гребешок, хохолок, гребень

idioms:

• fine-tooth comb    частый гребень, тщательно рассмотреть

Español (Spanish)
n. - cresta de gallo, peine
v. tr. - peinar, rastrear, barrer
v. intr. - peinarse

idioms:

• fine-tooth comb    peine espeso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kam, karda, vaxkaka
v. - kamma, rykta, karda, bryta sig (om vågor)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
头梳, 鸡冠, 用梳子梳理, 彻底搜查, 涌起

idioms:

• fine-tooth comb    细齿梳子

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 頭梳, 雞冠
v. tr. - 用梳子梳理, 徹底搜查
v. intr. - 湧起

idioms:

• fine-tooth comb    細齒梳子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 빗, 닭의 볏, 벌집
v. tr. - 빗다, 뒤지다
v. intr. - 파도가 흰 물결을 일으키며 치솟다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 櫛, すき具, くしでとかすこと, ハチの巣, とさか, とさか状のもの
v. - くしでとかす, すき分ける, くまなく捜す

idioms:

• fine-tooth comb    目の詰んだ櫛

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مشط, عرف الديك (فعل) مشط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מסרק, מגרדת, כרבולת, חלת-דבש‬
v. tr. - ‮סירק, סרק‬
v. intr. - ‮הסתרק, התנפץ‬

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Fin Comb	comb binder
Razor Comb	Goody Combination Brush And Comb