comb
verb/kəʊm/
/kəʊm/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they comb | /kəʊm/ /kəʊm/ |
| he / she / it combs | /kəʊmz/ /kəʊmz/ |
| past simple combed | /kəʊmd/ /kəʊmd/ |
| past participle combed | /kəʊmd/ /kəʊmd/ |
| -ing form combing | /ˈkəʊmɪŋ/ /ˈkəʊmɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] comb something to pull a comb through your hair in order to make it neat
- Don't forget to comb your hair!
- Her hair was neatly combed back.
- [transitive, intransitive] to search something carefully in order to find somebody/something synonym scour
- comb something I combed the shops looking for something to wear.
- comb something for somebody/something The police combed the area for clues.
- comb through something (for somebody/something) They combed through the files for evidence of fraud.
- [transitive] comb something (specialist) to make wool, cotton, etc. clean and straight using a special comb so that it can be used to make cloth
Word OriginOld English camb, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kam and German Kamm.
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