1. (

• comb

) a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair ;

2. (

• comb ,
• cockscomb ,
• coxcomb

) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds ;

3. (

• comb ,

) any of several tools for straightening fibers ;

4. (

• comb

) ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore ;

5. (

• comb ,
• combing

) the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb" ;

1. (

• comb ,

) straighten with a comb; "comb your hair" ;

2. (

• comb ,
• ransack ,

) search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" ;

3. (

• comb ,
• comb_out ,
• disentangle

) smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" ;