Comb

Noun

 * 1) A toothed implement for grooming the hair.
 * 2) A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
 * 3) A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
 * 4) A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
 * 5) An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
 * 6) The top part of a gun’s stock.
 * 7) the toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
 * 8)  the main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.

Verb

 * 1) To groom the hair with a toothed implement.
 * 2) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
 * 3) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

Adjectives for Comb

 * 1) (animal) cresting; crimson; defiant; flaunting; proudly-borne; imperial; nodding; superbly-curving; waggish.

Verbs for Comb
adorn with—; curry—; develop—; ruffle—; serrate—;  —crests;   —matures;   —protrudes; —waves.

Adverbs for Comb
sleekly; briskly; dreamily; languidly; dexterously; effectively; left-handedly; gently.

Synonyms for Comb

 * cockscomb, crest

Coordinate terms

 * caruncle, snood, wattle

Derived terms

 * backcomb
 * comb-footed spider
 * comb jelly
 * combover


 * currycomb
 * drop at comb
 * fine-tooth comb
 * Venus' comb

Related terms

 * orling

Thesaurus
be poised, beat, billow, break, card, crash, curry, dash, ebb and flow, examine, forage, grub, hackle, hatchel, heave, heckle, inspect, investigate, lift, look all over, look everywhere, peak, popple, probe, rake, ransack, rifle, rise, rise and fall, roll, rummage, scend, scour, scrutinize, search, search high heaven, send, separate, shake, shake down, sift, smash, surge, swell, toss, turn inside out, turn upside down, undulate, wave, winnow

Etymology
From, from camb:, from  (compare Swedish/Dutch kam:, German Kamm:), from , from  (compare Tocharian B keme:,  Lithuanian žam̃bas:, Old Church Slavonic undefined:, Albanian dhëmb:, Ancient Greek γομφίος:, Sanskrit undefined:).

Pronunciation

 * Noun and verb


 * Abbreviation

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مشط, ممشط
 * Armenian:
 * Breton: krib, kriboù
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ဘီး
 * Catalan: pinta
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 梳子,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kombilo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: სავარცხელი
 * German:
 * Hebrew: מסרק (masreik)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: pectine
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 빗 (bit)
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: ,
 * Sorani: شانه‌
 * Lao: (wii)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ķemme, suka
 * Lithuanian: šukos
 * Malay:
 * Old English:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: దువ్వెన
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: köb


 * Armenian: կատար (katar)
 * Breton: kribenn / kribell, kribelloù
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 볏 (byeot)
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: پوپنه


 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: skiauterė
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ibik
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * French:
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: ,
 * Latvian: kāre, šūna


 * Lithuanian: korys
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Swedish: bikaka
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * Arabic: مشط
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:, сресвам
 * Catalan: pentinar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kombi
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 解かす


 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: ,
 * Sorani: داهێنان
 * Latvian: sukāt, ķemmēt
 * Lithuanian: šukuoti
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: причёсывать, причесать ; расчёсывать , расчесать
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: česati (se)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Volapük: köbön


 * Bulgarian: разчепквам
 * Catalan: pentinar
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: ,


 * Lithuanian: karšti, šukuoti
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: чесать (česát')


 * Bulgarian: претърсвам, прочесвам
 * Catalan: pentinar
 * Czech: pročesat, pročesávat
 * Dutch: uitkammen
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ratisser
 * German:
 * Hungarian: átfésül


 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: um
 * Russian: прочёсывать (pročósyvat'), прочесать (pročesát')
 * Slovene: prečesati
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * BMOC

Etymology
Of unknown origin.

Noun

 * 1) thigh