comb

1. A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge;
   Disentangles or arranges hair (synset 103078859)
   hypernym: device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
   hyponym:

   • 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
2. 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 animal
   part meronym: gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
   synonym: cockscomb, coxcomb
3. Any of several tools for straightening fibers (synset 103079101)
   hypernym: tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation
   hyponym: hatchel, heckle - a comb for separating flax fibers
   part holonym: tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal
4. Ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore (synset 101924081)
   hypernym: plate - any flat platelike body structure or part
   part 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
5. 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 hair
   hyponym: comb-out, teasing - the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
   synonym: combing

1. Straighten with a comb (synset 201599566)
   "comb your hair"
   hypernym: straighten, straighten out - make straight
   hyponym:

   • roach - comb (hair) into a roach
   • currycomb - clean (a horse) with a currycomb
   • hackle, hatchel, heckle - comb with a heckle
2. Search thoroughly (synset 201321853)
   "They combed the area for the missing child"
   hypernym: search - subject to a search
   synonym: ransack
3. Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb (synset 200038078)
   "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
   hypernym: groom, neaten - care for one's external appearance
   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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