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• n  a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
• n  the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
• n  any of several tools for straightening fibers
• n  ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
• n  the act of drawing a comb through hair
  his hair needed a comb
• v  straighten with a comb
  comb your hair
• v  search thoroughly
  They combed the area for the missing child
• v  smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
  comb your hair before dinner
  comb the wool

• cockscomb
• coxcomb
• combing
• ransack
• comb out
• disentangle

News & Articles

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• Colin Farrell shines in hilarious trailer for 'Horrible Bosses' VIDEO
  Colin Farrell, comb-over and potbelly included, steals the show in the newly released trailer for "Horrible Bosses". The comedy to be released on July 8 stars Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day and Jennifer Anniston alongside Farrell.
  June 29, 2013 - Irish Central
• Grooming can turn up some hairy situations
  Q: I'm a professional groomer, and I get physically sick to my stomach at how bad some dogs are when they come in. Can you tell people to pick up a brush and comb now and then?
  June 29, 2013 - Philadelphia Daily News
• Police comb large rural area for missing Berea teen
  State Police, rescue squads and others combed a rural area Friday afternoon for any sign of a missing teenager.
  June 28, 2013 - WKYT Lexington

Quotes

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• Rosie O Donnell in USA Today
  The feud continued this week when O'Donnell posted this entry on her website: "so what happens/ when u say the emperor has no clothes/ the comb over goes ballistic/ via phone to mr king."
• Nicola Roxon in Sydney Morning Herald
  I will be going through every request for an increase with a fine-tooth comb to make sure the increases are as low as they can be,Ms Roxon said.