Definition of Comb. Meaning of Comb. Synonyms of Comb

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Definition of Comb

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Comb Comb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combed; p. pr. & vb. n. Combing.] 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. Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright. --Shak.
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Comb Comb (?; 110), n. [AS. camb; akin to Sw., Dan., & D. kam, Icel. kambr, G. kamm, Gr. ? a grinder tooth, Skr. jambha tooth.] 1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place. 2. An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb. 3. (Manuf. & Mech.) (a) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc. (b) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine. (c) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat. (d) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser. (e) The notched scale of a wire micrometer. (f) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
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Comb Comb, v. i. [See Comb, n., 5.] (Naut.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
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Comb Comb, Combe Combe (? or ?), n. [AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.] That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [Written also coombe.] --Buckland. A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. --Southey.
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Comb Comb, n. A dry measure. See Coomb.
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Coomb Coomb, n. [AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. ? hollow of a vessel, cup, boat, but cf. G. kumpf bowl.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb.]

Meaning of Comb from wikipedia

- Shang dynasty comb Qin dynasty comb Western Han jade comb Tang dynasty comb Changzhou comb, double-edged fine-tooth comb In ****an, combs are referred to...
- Sean John Combs (born November 4, 1969), also known by his stage name Diddy, and formerly Puff Daddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, record producer...
- comb shape: Rose-Comb, Pea-Comb, and Duplex-Comb, which has one allele responsible for buttercup combs and another one responsible for V combs. Combs...
- Ancient Gr**** κτείς (kteis)  'comb' and φέρω (pherō)  'to carry') comprise a phylum of marine invertebrates, commonly known as comb jellies, that inhabit sea...
- England Combs, Suffolk, England Combs, Arkansas, a community Combs, Kentucky, a community Combs Township, Carroll County, Missouri Comb, plural form Combs (surname)...
- In signal processing, a comb filter is a filter implemented by adding a dela**** version of a signal to itself, causing constructive and destructive interference...
- Comb Ceramic or Pit-Comb Ware (in Europe), Jeulmun pottery or Jeulmun vessel (in Korea) is a type of pottery subjected to geometric patterns from a comb-like...
- The Comb Ceramic culture or Pit-Comb Ware culture, often abbreviated as CCC or PCW, was a northeast European culture characterised by its Pit–Comb Ware...
- circular combing. The Noble comb is an example of circular combing. The French comb is an example of linear combing.[citation needed] The circular combs used...
- particularly topology, a comb space is a particular subspace of R 2 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{2}} that resembles a comb. The comb space has properties...