1. A flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
   "She ran a comb through her tangled hair"
    
2. The act of drawing a comb through hair
   "his hair needed a comb";
   - combing
    
3. Any of several tools for straightening fibers
   "The wool was processed using a special comb to align the fibers"
    
4. The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
   "The rooster's bright red comb stood out prominently";
   - cockscomb, coxcomb
    
5. Ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
   "The ctenophore's combs propelled it through the water with a rainbow-like effect"
    
6. A structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
   "The bees had filled the comb with golden honey";
   - honeycomb

1. Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
   "comb the wool"; "comb your hair before dinner";
   - comb out, disentangle
    
2. Search thoroughly
   "They combed the area for the missing child";
   - ransack
    
3. Straighten with a comb
   "comb your hair"

Derived forms: combed, combs, combing

Type of: construction, crest, device, groom, hair care, haircare, hairdressing, neaten, plate, search, straighten, straighten out, structure, tool

Part of: beehive, comb jelly, ctenophore, gallinacean, gallinaceous bird, hive

Encyclopedia: Comb