comb
Noun
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A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge;
Disentangles or arranges hair (synset 103078859)hypernym: device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purposehyponym:- currycomb - a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses
- fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb - a comb with teeth set close together
- pocket comb, pocketcomb - a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket
part holonym: tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal -
The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds (synset 101794896)
hypernym: crest - a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animalpart meronym: gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
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Any of several tools for straightening fibers (synset 103079101)
hypernym: tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocationpart holonym: tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal
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Ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore (synset 101924081)
hypernym: plate - any flat platelike body structure or partpart meronym: comb jelly, ctenophore - biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
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The act of drawing a comb through hair (synset 100257613)
"his hair needed a comb"hypernym: hair care, haircare, hairdressing - care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hairsynonym: combing
Verb
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Straighten with a comb (synset 201599566)
"comb your hair"hypernym: straighten, straighten out - make straight
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Search thoroughly (synset 201321853)
"They combed the area for the missing child"hypernym: search - subject to a searchsynonym: ransack
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Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb (synset 200038078)
"comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"hyponym:
- sleek down, slick, slick down - give a smooth and glossy appearance
- fluff, tease - ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
synonym: comb out, disentangle
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