comb

v. arrange with a comb (of hair); groom a horse; search thoroughly

n. toothed object used to arrange hair; fowl's fleshy crest; honeycomb; narrow valley

A comb is a device made of solid material, generally flat, always toothed, and is used in hair care for straightening and cleaning hair or other fibers.The etymology of the English word is ancient, going straight back to Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "tooth", "toothed", "to bite" and found in ancient Greek and Sanskrit.Combs are among the oldest tools known to mankind, having been found in very refined forms already in settlements dating back to 5000 years ago in Persia - possibly at the height of the first major Indo-European migrations.
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Comb 1. a vascular, red cutaneous structure attached in a sagittal plane to the dorsum of the skull of domestic fowl. [more]Comb - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
(hypernym) device
(hyponym) fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb
(part-meronym) tooth
2. the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
(synonym) cockscomb, coxcomb
(hypernym) crest
(part-holonym) gallinaceous bird, gallinacean
3. a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl
(hypernym) caruncle, caruncula
(part-holonym) cock, rooster
4. any of several tools for straightening fibers
(hypernym) tool
(hyponym) currycomb
(part-meronym) tooth
(derivation) comb out, disentangle
5. ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
(hypernym) plate
(part-holonym) ctenophore, comb jelly
6. the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb"
(synonym) combing
(hypernym) hair care, haircare, hairdressing
(hyponym) comb-out, teasing
Verb
1. straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"; "comb the wool"
(hypernym) straighten, straighten out
(hyponym) heckle, hackle, hatchel
2. search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"
(synonym) ransack
(hypernym) search
3. smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
(synonym) comb out, disentangle
(hypernym) groom, neaten
(hyponym) slick, slick down, sleek down

(n.)
A dry measure. See Coomb.
  

(n.)
A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.
  

(n.)
A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
  

(n.)
A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc.
  

(n.)
Alt. of Combe
  

(n.)
An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.
  

(n.)
An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.
  

(n.)
One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.
  

(n.)
The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
  

(n.)
The curling crest of a wave.
  

(n.)
The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red.
  

(n.)
The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
  

(n.)
The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine.
  

(n.)
The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.
  

(n.)
The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb.
  

(n.)
To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
  

(v. t.)
To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing.