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- pronunciation:
- kom
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a thin, toothed implement used to untangle, style, or hold hair.
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definition 2: |
any instrument resembling the hair comb, such as a machine for carding textile fibers.
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definition 3: |
the fleshy crest on the head of some domesticated fowl and other birds, most prominent on the male, such as the rooster.
- similar words:
- crown
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definition 4: |
anything resembling this crest, such as the crest of a wave.
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definition 5: |
a honeycomb, or any cell structure resembling it.
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
combs, combing, combed |
definition 1: |
to untangle, style, or hold with or as if with a comb.
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definition 2: |
to remove with or as if with a comb.
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definition 3: |
to search through, scrutinizing each particular.
I combed the evidence for a clue.- similar words:
- rummage, scour, sift
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related words: |
barber, brush, dress, examine, grain, mine, part, scour, search, tease |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition: |
to roll or break, as the crest of wave.
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