Synonym: cockscomb, comb out, combing, coxcomb, disentangle, ransack. Similar words: bomb, combat, combine, aplomb, bombing, combined, bombshell, somberly. Meaning: [kəʊm] n. 1. a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair 2. the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds 3. a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl 4. any of several tools for straightening fibers 5. ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore 6. the act of drawing a comb through hair. v. 1. straighten with a comb 2. search thoroughly 3. smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb.
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(1) A galled horse will not endure the comb.
(2) Wash a dog, comb a dog, Still a dog, remains a dog.
(3) I have to comb my hair.
(4) Don’t forget to comb your hair!
(5) He quickly dragged a comb through his hair.
(6) She bent to retrieve her comb from the floor.
(7) Your hair needs a good comb.
(8) Your hair needs a comb.
(9) She raked a comb through her hair.
(10) She ran a comb through her tangled hair.
(11) She tilted the mirror and began to comb her hair.
(12) After applying the cream, comb through to ensure even distribution.
(13) Don’t forget to comb your hair before you go out.
(14) She gave her hair a comb.
(15) We use a comb to tidy our hair. Sentencedict.com
(16) She pawed through her purse for a comb.
(17) You don’t sound the ‘b’ in the word comb.
(18) She raked a comb through her wayward curls.
(19) Melanie ran upstairs to comb her hair .
(20) Keep still while I comb your hair.
(21) She opened her bag and took out her comb.
(22) Your hair’s so tangled that I can’t comb it.
(23) Your hair could do with a comb!
(24) I can’t find my brush, but I still have my comb.
(25) My hair’s so long that it takes me ages to comb it out.
(26) We have gone through the evidence with a fine-tooth comb.
(27) Police experts are sifting all the evidence with a fine — tooth comb .
(28) The police have gone over the house with a fine-tooth comb.
(29) He just had time to wash his face and drag a comb through his hair before going out.
(30) The upward sweep of her hair was held in place by a comb.
More similar words: bomb, combat, combine, aplomb, bombing, combined, bombshell, somberly, bombastic, combustion, combination, beachcomber, bombardment, hydrogen bomb.
расческа, гребень, гребенка, гребешок, расчесывать, прочесывать, трепать, чесать
существительное ↓
- гребень, гребёнка; расчёска
- причёсывание, расчёсывание
your hair needs a good comb — тебе нужно хорошенько расчесать волосы
- скребница
- текст. чесалка, бёрдо
- тех. винторезная гребёнка
- гребешок (петуха); хохолок (птицы)
- конёк (крыши)
- гребень (шлема)
- редк. гребень (волны)
- пчелиные соты
comb honey — сотовый мёд
to cut the comb of smb. — сбить спесь с кого-л., осадить или унизить кого-л.
глагол ↓
- чесать; расчёсывать
to comb one’s hair — причёсываться, расчёсывать волосы
to comb a horse — чистить лошадь скребницей
to comb wool — чесать шерсть
to comb flax — мять /чесать, трепать/ лён; расчёсывать кудель
- прочёсывать (местность и т. п.)
she combed the files for the missing letter — она пересмотрела /переворошила/ все папки в поисках затерявшегося письма
- разбиваться (о волнах)
the waves combed over the vessel — волны разбивались о корабль
- шутл. бить, колотить
- разг. бранить, ругать, отчитывать (часто comb down)
to comb smb.’s hair the wrong way — ≅ гладить кого-л. против шерсти
to comb smb.’s hair for him — ≅ намылить голову кому-л., дать кому-л. нагоняй
to comb (smb.’s) head with a three legged stool — бить, колотить (кого-л.)
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Словосочетания
thick, fibrous hair that was not easy to comb — густые, жёсткие волосы, которые было нелегко расчёсывать
to set up one’s comb — важничать, хорохориться
to comb grade — преодолевать уклон
to brush / comb hair — причесывать волосы
to run a comb through one’s hair — провести расчёской по волосам
tortoiseshell comb — черепаховый гребень
arithmetical comb — арифметический гребень
associated comb — ассоциированный гребень
pulse comb — гребенка импульсов
comb of a roof — конек крыши
comb generator — генератор комбинационных частот
Примеры с переводом
He combed back his hair.
Он зачесывал свои волосы назад.
You’ve dropped your comb.
Вы уронили вашу расчёску.
Your hair needs a good comb.
Вашим волосам необходима хорошая расчёска.
Your hair is a sort of funky. Comb it.
У тебя дикая причёска. Причешись.
She spent hours in front of the mirror, combing (out) her long hair.
Она часами просиживала перед зеркалом, расчёсывая свои длинные волосы.
The police are combing the woods for the missing boy.
Полиция прочёсывает лес в поисках пропавшего мальчика.
I comb’d his comely head.
Я расчесал его миленькую головку.
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Фразовые глаголы
comb out — вычесывать, расчесывать, разыскивать
Возможные однокоренные слова
comber — гребнечесальная машина, большая волна, чесальщик
combing — расчесывание, причесывание, прочесывание местности
Формы слова
verb
I/you/we/they: comb
he/she/it: combs
ing ф. (present participle): combing
2-я ф. (past tense): combed
3-я ф. (past participle): combed
noun
ед. ч.(singular): comb
мн. ч.(plural): combs
A comb is a toothed device used for styling, cleaning and managing hair and scalp. (Wikipedia) (See all definitions)
Because there are things a brush can not do and only the comb is able to.
PETS
Its a strange mixture of a walrus and Bill Murray’s nasty comb over in Kingpin.
MOVIES & TV
Material: The debate over the best materials for brushes carries over into the debate over beard combs.
SCIENCE
Excessive pulling at individual mats with a comb can lead to skin irritation and pain.
PETS
This company specializes in bridal dresses, as well as mix-and-match tops and skirts, and accessories like art deco combs and veils.
FASHION
Please now stand aside and let experts in every sub-field you rely on go over this with a fine toothed comb — metrology, statistics, geology, biology, economics and many more disciplines can confirm (or overturn as the case may be) your data, methods and conclusions and present a much more compelling case to the politicians than your field can do on its own.
ENVIRONMENT
the smell of bay rum, the combs in the jar of blue… [more]
LAW
Does she fight to get away as soon as you start running a comb through her hair?
PETS
The owner/handler should bring the dog’s brush or comb to the test.
PETS
I have been exploring the internet with a fine tooth comb hoping to come across any hint of the game, hoping for new rumours or better yet a leaked screen shot.
GAMING
Cups or vases creatively hold brushes and combs while freeing up space for other essentials.
HOUSE & HOME
Cast members learned how to work with bees, collecting runaway swarms from trees and extracting honey from the combs; the most affecting sequence finds Gelsomina and her father hunkered down together beneath a tarp in the rain, using their bodies to keep the lids from blowing off boxed hives in a windstorm, because there are too few stones in the area to hold them down.
MOVIES & TV
We also never lose the brush and comb because of the rabbit holder.
PARENTING
The folding, fine toothed 20T comb by Kent, perfect to take with you on the go.
HEALTH & FITNESS
Rubber curry combs are designed for use on your pet’s fur.
PETS
Search results for my little pony games Most of us remember My Little Pony as a candy-colored horse with a comb to brush its mane, but the modern incarnation is closer to a Barbie than a pony
DATING
You’ll need a comb or brush (for long-haired pups), a tub or sink with non-slip footing, towels, mild and unscented puppy shampoo, and LOTS of tiny, super-tasty treats.
PETS
Contents include hand, lip and body balm, hydrating mist, a dental kit, bamboo comb, and socks with a playful slipper design with the words «E Hiamoe Maika`i» (sleep well).
TRAVEL
I have only just started using this flea comb but first indications are good.
PETS
Regular weekly grooming (more often for long — or heavily coated pets) is the best method to control shedding and matting by using two basic tools: a slicker brush (small size for cats or small dogs) and a metal comb («greyhound» style).
PETS
Favorite Piece of Gear: Polarized sunglasses, a good spf 30, and got ta have my trusty beard comb.
TRAVEL
Additionally, you can use a small pin brush or wide tooth comb in tandem with the blow-dryer.
PETS
A flea comb will remove fleas, but must be used multiple times daily.
PETS
Frequency combs are powerful tools for high-precision measurements and spectroscopy.
SCIENCE
The formula is on the dry side and is quite waxy, so it tends to clump my lashes but are fixable using an eyelash comb (I love mine which is by tweezerman!).
FASHION
With an exam they will go through everything with a fine tooth comb.
INSURANCE
You should also buy a first aid kit for the by which normally comes with a thermometer, nail cutter, comb and many other things.
PARENTING
Anatomy of a Comb Optical frequency combs are generated by devices called mode-locked lasers, which create ultrashort pulses of light.
SCIENCE
These 40 professional grooming tools include: clippers, blades, shears, brushes, combs, shampoo, conditioner and more.
PETS
Use the fine comb after brushing to remove all excess and dead hair from your pet’s fur and to prevent mats and tangles.
PETS
Next you will groom your Coton with a comb.
PETS
Rinse in clean water before returning the comb to the kitten.
PETS
This flea comb is recommended for puppies, toy breeds, and smaller dogs that tend to have extremely fine coats.
PETS
After the de-shed we can skim lightly, on request, with a 1 ″ comb.
PETS
Our belly combs exceed all AMI Sanitary Design Requirements for easy cleaning and use in food processing facilities.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
As a result, I put on my full Porsche geek hat and dug into all those details with a fine-toothed comb.
AUTOMOBILES
For heavily matted hair, use this comb and a Safari rake or slicker to remove mats.
PETS
Adore the comb on the end too, blends the colour and tames those stray hairs.
FASHION
1Triangulate: I ask my favorite eaters about my destination and comb magazines and food blogs.
FOOD & BEVERAGES
I used Seafoam Glass Tiles, Pear Zen Garden, and Seafoam Aromatherapy for the shower curtain, Seafoam Seaweed Wrap for the toothbrush holder and Pear Zen Garden for the comb holder.
HOUSE & HOME
For long-haired breeds, you’ll want a sturdy wide-toothed metal comb and perhaps a mat splitter.
PETS
Quite the opposite: He combs through trash in search of art and has done a lot to teach American audiences (and critics) to appreciate the formal seriousness and aesthetic sophistication of, for example, Asian action movies.
MOVIES & TV
The prudent use of a flea comb is an excellent method to find fleas on a pet.
PETS
Meanwhile, my toddler somehow got a hold of my husband’s comb, and I watched in horror as he happily shoved it into the vent of our air purifier.
PARENTING
Also very handy in the office if I want to have some belongings with me (cards and phone and comb) but don’t want to take the whole big bag.
FASHION
What’s really needed is an independent body to keep an expanded minimally adjusted surface temperature record using only quality stations that meet vigorous standards which is thoroughly gone over with a fine tooth comb to find any inconsistancies, such as those that have been occuring over at the GISS, not just recently, but in the past as well and must be transparent to the public.
ENVIRONMENT
Let’s get right into my Muhle R41 review so you could learn all about this two-piece, open comb safety razor.
BUSINESS
FURminator Grooming Tools Building on its popular line of deshedding tools, FURminator has launched a grooming tool line that includes nail clippers, nail grinders, slicker brushes, rakes, combs, dual brushes and curry brushes.
PETS
Use a slicker comb designed for Persian cats.
PETS
The open comb design, with a door on a hinge and a small lever in the back of the head that locks it down makes it much more intricate than the design of my other razors.
BUSINESS
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A pioneer, he managed to incorporate a musical cylinder and a miniature comb into a watch movement.
Он стал первооткрывателем этого направления, сумев внедрить музыкальный цилиндр и миниатюрный гребень в часовой механизм.
The great wall runs along a high and inaccessible mountain areas, and resembles a comb, which is literally rooted in impregnable mountains.
Великая стена пролегает по высоким и труднодоступным горным районам и напоминает, гребень, который буквально врос в неприступные горы.
The child should have his own comb — explain to him that you should not use other people’s personal hygiene items.
У ребенка должна быть своя собственная расческа — объясните ему, что нельзя пользоваться предметами личной гигиены других людей.
Caught some guy using my comb.
Поймал одного парня, когда он пользовался моей расчёской.
She bought AntiBit comb shampoo, and I Lead. Every day, we washed our hair and combed it out with a comb, but the lice still remained.
Она купила шампунь с гребешком АнтиБит, а я Веду. Каждый день мыли голову и вычесывали гребешком, но вши все равно оставались.
Comb comb for lice is convenient to use with chemical and folk remedies.
Гребень для вычесывания вшей удобно использовать вместе с химическими и народными средствами.
It also requires grooming with a brush and comb a number of times each week.
Она также требует ухода с помощью щетки и расчески несколько раз в неделю.
Those spectrographs can’t distinguish frequencies that are too close together, so the instruments require a wide comb.
Эти спектрографы не могут отличать частоты, которые слишком близки друг к другу, поэтому инструменты требуют широкого гребня.
In the present embodiment, the guide 25 is a comb.
В настоящем варианте осуществления направляющая 25 является гребнем.
It seems that the final version comb ever closer, we can surprise us…
Кажется, что окончательный вариант гребень все ближе, мы можем удивить нас…
Next, they modulated the frequency comb to encode information on the microwave radiation created by the beating light of the comb.
Затем они модулировали частотный гребень для кодирования информации в микроволновом излучении, создаваемом пульсирующим светом гребня.
The term comb originates from the similarities between simple harmonicas and a hair comb.
Термин гребень происходит из-за сходства между простыми гармошек и расчески для волос.
This will require a wooden comb or comb with natural bristles.
Для этого потребуется деревянный гребень или расческа с натуральной щетиной.
Without any knowledge of the background of the comb, she perceived that the comb had been used by a highly evolved person.
Не зная о происхождении гребня, она поняла, что гребень был использован высокоразвитым человеком.
At the same time, an electronic comb for lice costs from 1,800 rubles — almost twice the size of a simple comb.
При этом электронный гребень от вшей стоит от 1800 рублей — почти в два раза больше простого гребня.
A honey extractor extracts the honey from the honey comb without destroying the comb.
Медовый экстрактор экстрагирует мед из гребня меда, не разрушая гребень.
Grooming the cat with a flea comb (a comb whose teeth are very close together) often helps remove flakes from the coat.
Уход за кошкой расческой от блох (расческа с очень близко расположенными зубцами) часто помогает удалить хлопья с шерсти.
How to get nits? I know that I need a comb, but I haven’t found a comb anywhere (So advise, please.
Как вывести гниды? Я знаю, что надо гребнем, но гребень нигде не нашла (Так вот посоветуйте, пожалуйста.
The LiceGuard comb is another high quality comb that combes out lice and nits effectively.
Гребень LiceGuard — еще один качественный гребень, эффективно вычесывающий вшей и гнид.
You need to comb it out with a special comb for a couple of hours!
Вычесывать нужно гребнем специальным по пару часов!
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Comb in a sentence
Here below you will find several sentences that illustrate how to use the word comb in a sentence.
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He’d comb that long hair at the dinner table.
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It is used to comb the fur during oral grooming.
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It is thought to comb the fur and remove ectoparasites.
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It is primarily used as a toiletry device or grooming comb.
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She would sit on the cliffs combing her hair with a golden comb.
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A London reporter wrote: «Hair that would set the teeth of a comb on edge.
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She bought such props as a handbag, a comb, a pocket mirror, and rubber chappals.
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In most mammals the comb is formed by a group of teeth with fine spaces between them.
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Juvenile comb ducks are bulkier than whistling ducks and have a dark cap to the head.
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When lemuriform primates groom, they lick the fur and then comb it with their toothcomb.
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While licking the fur clean, the animal will run the toothcomb through the fur to comb it.
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The Dominique is a stylish, medium-sized breed known for their rose comb and irregular barring.
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Barr referred to this noisy sound as «the sonic equivalent of an amplified comb scraping against paper».
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In the male, there is a wattle on the neck and a large, dark red comb or caruncle on the crown of the head.
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He eventually grows tired of her endlessly washing and combing it, and hides her prized comb so she will stop.
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The Dominique is an American breed of chicken, characterized by black-and-white barred plumage and a rose comb.
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The students were also encouraged to keep clean—»a present of a brush and comb was given to all who desired them».
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He is bright red with yellow legs, beak, comb, and palms and red, orange, and yellow tail feathers resembling flames.
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Receptive females produce pheromones which are picked up by wandering males using their pectines to comb the substrate.
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Foreign ships stand as thick as the teeth of a comb, and in the streets wine shops and music halls front directly each on another.
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The style is characterised by tall pyramids supporting a summit shrine adorned with a roof comb, and accessed by a single doorway.
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The peristome is pectinate—made of tissue that resembles the teeth of a comb; the specific epithet is named after this characteristic.
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Osborn noted that this frill was folded above the vertebral joints to ensure mobility of the neck, giving the comb a ruff-like appearance.
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Living and extinct hyraxes (hyracoids) also exhibit a toothcomb, although the number of tines in the comb vary throughout the fossil record.
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Rendezvousing with Troubridge’s squadron on 7 June, Nelson now had a sufficient force to engage the French, and began to comb the Mediterranean.
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In some regions, «the wives of huntsmen were traditionally forbidden to wash, comb, or unplait their hair» while their husbands were out on the hunt.
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In 1893, a carpometacarpus wing-bone and a pelvis from the Mare aux Songes swamp were used to name a new species of comb duck, Sarcidiornis mauritianus.
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The back should form an open «U» shape.They possess a rose comb which has one distinctive point or «spike» at the back of the head that turns slightly upward.
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The crown of the head is flattened, and (in the male) is topped by a dark red comb (also called a caruncle); the skin hanging from its neck is called a wattle.
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Wedel suggested that the evenly spaced teeth of Nigersaurus could have functioned like a comb, by straining water plants or invertebrates, similar to flamingos.
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Osborn observed that the upper edge of the comb had been destroyed during the recovery of the mummy, so that the height of the crest can no longer be determined.
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Invalided out of service in June 1941, Bradman spent months recuperating, unable even to shave himself or comb his hair due to the extent of the muscular pain he suffered.
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Augustus Morse, who was involved in the comb making industry in Leominster, Massachusetts and had been a major general in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia prior to the war.
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Chickens with barred plumage, with either a single or a rose comb, were well known by about 1750, and by the mid-nineteenth century were widely distributed in the eastern United States.
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Wooden artefacts found at the site include paddles, a dish, arrow shafts, parts of four hazel bows, a throwing axe, yew pins, digging sticks, a mattock, a comb, toggles, and a spoon fragment.
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Added to this is the danger to the security of information, which can be leaked to third parties with economic interests in the platform, or parasites who comb the data for their own databases.
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A toothcomb (also tooth comb or dental comb) is a dental structure found in some mammals, comprising a group of front teeth arranged in a manner that facilitates grooming, similar to a hair comb.
Synonyms for comb
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