combs

noun

the act of drawing a comb through hair

ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

any of several tools for straightening fibers

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

a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge

verb

smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

search thoroughly

straighten with a comb

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