Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - comb
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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 other birds. 4 a honeycomb. --v.tr. 1 arrange or tidy (the hair) by drawing a comb through. 2 curry (a horse). 3 dress (wool or flax) with a comb. 4 search (a place) thoroughly. Phrases and idioms comb out 1 tidy and arrange (hair) with a comb. 2 remove with a comb. 3 search or attack systematically. 4 search out and get rid of (anything unwanted). Derivatives combed adj. Etymology: OE camb f. Gmc
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English camb; akin to Old High German kamb ~, Greek gomphos tooth Date: before 12th century 1. a toothed instrument used especially for adjusting, cleaning, or confining hair, a structure resembling such a ~, curry~, 2. a fleshy crest on the head of the domestic chicken and other domestic birds, something (as the ridge of a roof) resembling the ~ of a cock, honey~, ~ed adjective ~like adjective II. verb Date: 14th century transitive verb to draw a ~ through for the purpose of arranging or cleaning, to pass across with a scraping or raking action, 3. to eliminate (as with a ~) by a thorough going-over, to search or examine systematically , to use in a ~ing action, intransitive verb to roll over or break into foam, to make a thorough search , III. abbreviation ~ination; ~ined; ~ining, ~ustion ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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