comb meaning and definition

COMB noun

Definition of comb (noun)

1. a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
2. the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
   • synonyms: cockscomb, coxcomb
3. any of several tools for straightening fibers
4. ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
5. the act of drawing a comb through hair
   • "his hair needed a comb"
   • synonyms: combing

COMB verb

Definition of comb (verb)

1. straighten with a comb
   • "comb your hair"
2. search thoroughly
   • "They combed the area for the missing child"
   • synonyms: ransack
3. smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
   • "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
   • synonyms: comb out, disentangle