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/kohm"owt'/, n.a thorough combing or brushing of the hair.[1915-20; n. use of v. phrase comb out]
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comb out — verb 1. remove unwanted elements The company weeded out the incompetent people The new law weeds out the old inequities • Syn: ↑weed out • Derivationally related forms: ↑comb out • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
comb-out — noun 1. the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb • Syn: ↑teasing • Derivationally related forms: ↑tease (for: ↑teasing), ↑comb out • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
comb out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms comb out : present tense I/you/we/they comb out he/she/it combs out present participle combing out past tense combed out past participle combed out to use a comb to make your hair smooth or straight … English dictionary
comb out — v. disentangle, remove tangles from hair using a comb; remove or get rid of things or people that are not wanted n. act of disentangling, act of removing tangles from hair using a comb; act of removing or getting rid of things or people that are… … English contemporary dictionary
comb out — to massacre How the Germans described their treatment of Soviet citizens: ... anti partisan operations resulted in the deaths of a quarter of a million Russian civilians as a given area was encircled and then combed out , a euphemism… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
comb — comb1 [kəum US koum] n [: Old English; Origin: camb] 1.) a flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for making your hair look tidy →↑brush 2.) a small flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on … Dictionary of contemporary English
comb — 1 noun 1 (C) a flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for making your hair tidy 2 (C) a small flat piece of plastic, metal etc with a row of thin teeth on one side, used for keeping your hair back or for… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
comb — n. & v. n. 1 a toothed strip of rigid material for tidying and arranging the hair, or for keeping it in place. 2 a part of a machine having a similar design or purpose. 3 a the red fleshy crest of a fowl, esp. a cock. b an analogous growth in… … Useful english dictionary
comb — comb1 [ koum ] noun * 1. ) count an object that you pull through your hair to make it neat, with a row of thin pointed parts called teeth a ) singular BRITISH the process of making your hair neat with a comb: He gave his hair a quick comb. 2. )… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
comb */ — I UK [kəʊm] / US [koʊm] noun Word forms comb : singular comb plural combs 1) a) [countable] an object that you pull through your hair to make it tidy, with a row of thin pointed parts called teeth b) [singular] British the process of making your… … English dictionary
