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Recent Examples of comb from the Web
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All are baleen whales, possessing a mouth full of comb-like plates, rather than teeth.
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To recreate this look, use a round brush to dry your hair and then a teasing comb to add volume to each section.
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Monique started the cut by using a number two clipper guard (a pair of comb-like blades that range from numbers one through eight — the smaller the number, the shorter the hair will turn out).
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But Kiffin has given us no other option but take a fine-toothed comb to his bracket.
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Karen Sokoloff finds a certain satisfaction in picking lice off a person's scalp, smoothing olive oil into the hair strands and carefully pulling a metal comb through them to catch the stragglers.
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In a brief press conference, Austin Police Chief Brian Manley Police said residents within a half-mile radius should stay inside as police comb the area for additional bombs.
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Despite the occasional pain (pulling too tight on my scalp), the braids were a welcome break from my rest-of-the-year hot-comb life.
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And growing Norwegian towns, along with export markets, would have created a booming demand for hides and furs to fight off the cold, as well as antlers to make useful items like combs.
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Origin and Etymology of comb
Definition of comb
- police are combing the city
- comb through the classified ads
Examples of comb in a Sentence
He combed back his hair.
The wool is combed before being spun into yarn.
We combed the beach for shells.
Recent Examples of comb from the Web
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After Johnny’s death in 2003, his son John Carter combed through the archives and chose the best poems, letters and unfinished lyrics before reaching out to artists individually.
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Speaking of roots, note that his hair is combed back, showing no signs of roots.
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In contrast, other research combing national survey data with individual browser histories estimates that about 25% of American adults (65 million) visited a fake news site in the final weeks of the election.
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Yet the genetic profiles of the vast majority of them remain in a DNA offender database and can be combed by law enforcement to search for suspects in crimes.
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The Playa Restoration team stays to help the department of public works comb the desert for anything left behind and restore it to its pre-Burning Man condition.
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Over four days, the officials interviewed central office staff and combed through the district's organizational charts.
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Typically, once the classroom portion of the course has ended, the agency will blow up a car on a demolition range using a real car bomb, and the students will comb the range afterward for parts and pieces of the device that exploded.
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Palau began by adding extensions to each model’s hair for extreme length, then combed it back taut with Redken’s Hardwear 16 Super-Strong Hair Gel before weaving it into a three-strand plait beginning at the nape and ending at the hip.
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First Known Use of comb
14th century
comb Synonyms
Synonyms
dig (through), dredge, hunt (through), rake, ransack, rifle, rummage, scour, search, sort (through);
Related Words
audit, check (out), examine, inspect, investigate, review, scan, scrutinize, survey;
ascertain, descry, detect, determine, discover, ferret (out), find, find out, get, hit (on or upon), learn, locate, run down, scare up, track (down);
COMB Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of comb for English Language Learners
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: a flat piece of plastic or metal with a row of thin teeth that is used for making hair neat
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: a device that is used for separating or straightening fibers (such as wool fibers)
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: a soft part on top of the head of some birds (such as chickens)
comb
Definition of comb for English Language Learners
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: to smooth, arrange, or separate (hair or fibers) with a comb
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: to search (something) very thoroughly in order to find something
COMB Defined for Kids
Definition of comb for Students
- Police combed the building in search of evidence.
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