Combs

Meaning of Combs

plural noun

a single undergarment covering the body and legs.

1930s: abbreviation of combination garments .

plural noun
  1. a strip of plastic, metal, or wood with a row of narrow teeth, used for untangling or arranging the hair.
  2. a device for separating and dressing textile fibres.
  3. the red fleshy crest on the head of a domestic fowl, especially a cock.
    a grey-speckled hen with a red comb and wattles
  4. short for honeycomb (sense 1 of the noun).
verb, 3rd person present
  1. untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it.
    she combed her hair and put some lipstick on
  2. prepare (wool, flax, or cotton) for manufacture with a comb.
    the wool had been cleaned and combed
  3. search carefully and systematically.
    police combed the area for the murder weapon
    his mother combed through the cardboard boxes

Old English camb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kam and German Kamm .

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Hyphenation of Combs

Combs

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • Combs is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Combs synonyms

Meaning brush and clean the coat of (a horse, dog, or other animal):

groom

Meaning free from a tangled or twisted state:

untangle

Meaning remove knots or tangles from (wool, rope, or hair):

disentangle

Meaning make or become straight:

straighten

Meaning put (things) in a neat, attractive, or required order:

arrange

Meaning make (something) tidy:

neaten

Meaning bring order to (something); arrange neatly:

tidy

Meaning arrange or style (hair):

dress

Meaning draw together with a rake or similar implement:

rake

Meaning prepare or flavour (food) with a sauce of hot-tasting spices:

curry

Meaning cause to move or be apart:

separate

Meaning write (something) on a card, especially for indexing:

card

Meaning make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way:

tease

Meaning dress or comb (flax) with a hackle:

hackle

Meaning interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse:

heckle

Meaning another term for hackle:

hatchel

Meaning examine (a place, vehicle, or person) thoroughly in order to find something or someone:

search

Meaning clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent:

scour

Meaning travel through (an unfamiliar area) in order to learn about it:

explore

Meaning search (an area) for something:

sweep

Meaning physically explore or examine (something) with the hands or an instrument:

probe

Meaning search (a place or receptacle) thoroughly, especially in such a way as to cause harm:

ransack

Anagrams of Combs

BSCom

Words that rhyme with Combs

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