(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair.
N-COUNT
2.
When you ~ your hair, you tidy it using a ~.
Salvatore ~ed his hair carefully...
Her reddish hair was cut short and neatly ~ed.
VERB: V n, V-ed
3.
If you ~ a place, you search everywhere in it in order to find someone or something.
Officers ~ed the woods for the murder weapon...
They fanned out and carefully ~ed the temple grounds.
VERB: V n for n, V n
4.
If you ~ through information, you look at it very carefully in order to find something.
Eight policemen then spent two years ~ing through the evidence.
VERB: V through n
5.
see also fine-tooth ~