What does COMB mean?
Definitions for COMB
koʊmcomb
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Princeton's WordNet
combnoun
a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
comb, cockscomb, coxcombnoun
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
combnoun
any of several tools for straightening fibers
combnoun
ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
comb, combingverb
the act of drawing a comb through hair
"his hair needed a comb"
combverb
straighten with a comb
"comb your hair"
comb, ransackverb
search thoroughly
"They combed the area for the missing child"
comb, comb out, disentangleverb
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
"comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
Wiktionary
combnoun
Combination.
My old combi boiler broke down.
combnoun
A toothed implement for grooming the hair.
combnoun
A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
combnoun
A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
combnoun
A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
combnoun
An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
1882, But the comb or half quarter is very general in the Eastern counties, particularly in Norfolk. uE00025935uE001 James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, page 207.
combnoun
The top part of a gun's stock.
combnoun
the toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
combnoun
the main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
combverb
To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
COMB
in the end, and Comp in the beginning of names, seem to be derived from the British kum, which signifies a low situation. Edmund Gibson Camden.
Comb
in Cornish, signifies a valley, and had the same meaning anciently in the French tongue.
COMBnoun
Etymology: camb, Saxon; kam, Dutch.
By fair Ligea’s golden comb,
Wherewith she sits on diamond rocks,
Sleeking her soft alluring locks. John Milton.I made an instrument in fashion of a comb, whose teeth, being in number sixteen, were about an inch and a half broad, and the intervals of the teeth about two inches wide. Newton.
Cocks have great combs and spurs, hens little or none. Francis Bacon.
High was his comb, and coral-red withal,
With dents embattl’d, like a castle-wall. Dryden.This in affairs of state,
Employ’d at home, abides within the gate,
To fortify the combs, to build the wall,
To prop the ruins, lest the fabrick fall. John Dryden, Virg. Georg.Coomb or Combnoun
Etymology: comble, Fr. cumulus, Lat. a heap, Skinner.
To Combverb
Etymology: from the noun.
Her care shall be
To comb your noddle with a three-legg’d stool. William Shakespeare.Divers with us, that are grown grey, and yet would appear young, find means to make their hair black, by combing it, as they say, with a leaden comb, or the like. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.
She with ribbons tied
His tender neck, and comb’d his silken hide. John Dryden, Æn.There was a sort of engine, from which were extended twenty long poles, wherewith the man-mountain combs his head. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
Comb
A comb is a tool consisting of a shaft that holds a row of teeth for pulling through the hair to clean, untangle, or style it. Combs have been used since prehistoric times, having been discovered in very refined forms from settlements dating back to 5,000 years ago in Persia.Weaving combs made of whalebone and dating to the middle and late Iron Age have been found on archaeological digs in Orkney and Somerset.
ChatGPT
comb
A comb is a thin, flat tool that is typically rectangular in shape, which is made up of a row of narrow teeth and used to maintain and style hair, detangle it and remove loose hair. Apart from personal grooming, combs also have different uses in various fields such as the textile industry, archaeology, and music. Different types of combs include fine toothed, wide toothed, rat-tail combs, and many more suited for different hair types and uses.
Webster Dictionary
Combnoun
an instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place
Combnoun
an instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb
Combnoun
a toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc
Combnoun
the serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine
Combnoun
a former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat
Combnoun
a tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser
Combnoun
the notched scale of a wire micrometer
Combnoun
the collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb
Combnoun
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
Combnoun
one of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions
Combnoun
the curling crest of a wave
Combnoun
the waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb
Combnoun
the thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked
Combverb
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
Combnoun
to roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves
Combnoun
alt. of Combe
Combnoun
a dry measure. See Coomb
Etymology: [See Comb, n., 5.]
Wikidata
Comb
A comb is a toothed device used for styling, cleaning and managing hair and scalp. Combs are among the oldest tools found by archaeologists, having been discovered in very refined forms from settlements dating back to 5,000 years ago in Persia. This is to say that the comb has always been among the most important tools of human civilization.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Comb
kōm, n. a toothed instrument for separating and cleaning hair, wool, flax, &c.: the crest of a cock: the top or crest of a wave or of a hill: an aggregation of cells for honey.—v.t. to separate, arrange, or clean by means of a comb: to dress with a comb: (Shak.) to beat.—v.i. to break with a white foam, as the top of a wave.—adj. Combed.—n. Comb′er, one who or that which combs wool, &c.—n.pl. Comb′ings, hairs combed off.—adjs. Comb′less (Shak.), without a comb; Comb′wise; Comb′y.—n. Crop′-comb, a semicircular comb worn by girls.—Comb off, to remove. [A.S. camb.]
Comb
Combe. See Coomb.
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
Comb
A bar from which a number of teeth project, like the teeth of a comb. It is used as a collector of electricity from the plate of a frictional or influence electric machine; it is also used in a lightning arrester to define a path of very high resistance but of low self-induction, for the lightning to follow to earth.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
comb
A small piece of timber under the lower part of the beak-head, for the fore-tack to be hauled to, in some vessels, instead of a bumkin: it has the same use in bringing the fore-tack on board that the chess-tree has to the main-tack. Also, the notched scale of a wire-micrometer. Also, that projecting piece on the top of the cock of a gun-lock, which affords the thumb a convenient hold for drawing it back.
comb
A British word signifying an inlet, valley, or low place, where the hilly sides round together in a concave form; the sides of a glyn being, on the contrary, convex.
Editors Contribution
comb
Is a type of device, piece of equipment or product to adjust, manage or style hair.
My father uses a comb to style his hair every morning with some gel. My hairdryer has a comb you can attach to dry your hair.
Submitted by MaryC on November 24, 2015
combverb
To untangle (one's hair) by using a comb.
She combed her hair, put on makeup and skedaddled!
Submitted by zakaria1409 on July 16, 2022
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
COMB
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Comb is ranked #65964 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Comb surname appeared 300 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Comb.
73.6% or 221 total occurrences were White.
20% or 60 total occurrences were Black.
4.3% or 13 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
Anagrams for COMB »
BMOC
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of COMB in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of COMB in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of COMB in a Sentence
Anytime source code gets leaked it's not good, hackers can comb through the code, identify deeper flaws for exploit, and sell that previous code on the dark web to malicious threat actors.
If there is anyone who felt it was OK to touch, that's not someone we have inside our four walls, you do so much work, putting in everything —' How is the silverware laid out ?' ' What's the lighting ?' — and it takes one table of drunk knuckleheads to throw off the whole thing. So you have to comb your clients and you have to teach them as much as anyone else.
Use a blow-dry serum on your hair as it dries, add the serum and then comb through your hair – the serum will help cut down frizziness.
Every person alive today has at some point said or done something that another person finds objectionable, whether they mean to or not, people are being forced to think twice before stepping into the public realm because there will always be a group of people intent on picking through your past with a fine-tooth comb to uncover reasons to attack you.
If they think just because they made it home that the crime is over, it's not, our detectives are working nonstop to comb through every bit of video, and they're going to get a knock at their door, and they will go to jail in Bay County Sheriff Office.
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