comb : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: comb	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for comb
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
comb n a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds Synonym(s): comb, cockscomb, coxcomb any of several tools for straightening fibers ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb" Synonym(s): comb, combing v straighten with a comb; "comb your hair" search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" Synonym(s): comb, ransack smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" Synonym(s): comb, comb out, disentangle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comb \Comb\, Combe \Combe\ (? [or] ?), n. [AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.] That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [Written also {coombe}.] --Buckland. A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. --Southey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comb \Comb\, n. A dry measure. See {Coomb}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comb \Comb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Combed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Combing}.] 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}. Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comb \Comb\ (?; 110), n. [AS. camb; akin to Sw., Dan., & D. kam, Icel. kambr, G. kamm, Gr. [?] a grinder tooth, Skr. jambha tooth.] 1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place. 2. An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb. 3. (Manuf. & Mech.) (a) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc. (b) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine. (c) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat. (d) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser. (e) The notched scale of a wire micrometer. (f) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Comb \Comb\, v. i. [See {Comb}, n., 5.] (Naut.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coomb \Coomb\, n. [AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. [?] hollow of a vessel, cup, boat, but cf. G. kumpf bowl.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also {comb}.]