comb

1. 1.

   straighten with a comb

   “comb your hair”

   Broaderstraighten

   Narrowerroachcurrycombheckle
2. 2.

   search thoroughly

   “They combed the area for the missing child”

   Synonymsransack

   Broadersearch
3. 3.

   smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

   “comb your hair before dinner”

   “comb the wool”

   Synonymscomb outdisentangle

   Broadergroom

   Narrowerslicktease

Other forms of comb

plural

combs·

past tense

combed·

present participle

combing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about comb

What does comb mean?

comb means "a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in comb?

comb has 1 syllable: comb. In IPA it is /ˈkoʊm/.

What is another word for comb?

Close synonyms include cockscomb, coxcomb, combing, ransack, comb out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is comb a common word?

comb is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with comb?

2 words rhyme with comb. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.