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comb

Noun

∙ A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
∙ A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
∙ A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
∙ A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
∙ An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
∙ The top part of a gun’s stock.
∙ The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
∙ The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached. music
∙ A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
∙ A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
∙ The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
∙ The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
∙ One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions.
∙ The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
∙ A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
∙ A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave. weaving

Verb

∙ To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb. transitive, especially of hair or fur
∙ To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers. transitive
∙ To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb. transitive
∙ To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves. nautical, intransitive

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