SEARCH WITH A FINE-TOOTH COMB

Meaning of SEARCH WITH A FINE-TOOTH COMB in English

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Dictionary of English idioms . Словарь английских идиом. 2012

SEARCH WITH A FINE-TOOTH COMB — See: FINE-TOOTH COMB.
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITH — I. (|)wi]th, ]th, _wə] preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, preposition & adverb, against, opposite, toward, with; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOOTH — I. ˈtüth noun ( plural teeth ˈtēth) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English toth, tooth, from Old English tōth; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEARCH — I. ˈsərch, ˈsə̄ch, səich verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English cerchen, serchen, from Middle French cerchier to travel through, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FINE — I. fine ˈfīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English fin, fine, from Old French fin, from Latin finis boundary, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMB — ( v. t. ) To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FINE — fine 1 /fuyn/ , adj., finer, finest , adv., v., fined, fining , n. adj. 1. of superior or best …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COMB — comb 1 — combless , adj. — comblessness , n. /kohm/ , n. 1. a toothed strip of plastic, hard …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEARCH — I. ˈsərch verb Etymology: Middle English cerchen, from Anglo-French cercher, sercher to travel about, investigate, search, from Late Latin circare …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FINE — I. fine ˈfīn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fin, fine, from Latin finis boundary, end Date: 13th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOOTH — noun ( plural teeth ˈtēth) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tōth; akin to Old High German zand tooth, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOOTH — noun fig.: taste; palate. 2. tooth ·vt to furnish with teeth. 3. tooth ·vt to lock into each other. ·see …
Webster English vocab
FINE — superl (used ironically.). 2. fine ·superl not coarse, gross, or heavy. 3. fine ·vi to pay a fine. ·see fine, …
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Webster English vocab
FINE — [fine] n [ME, fr. OF fin, fr. L finis boundary, end] (13c) 1 obs: end, conclusion 2: a compromise of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FINE — I fine ordinary senses BrE AmE faɪn ▷ fined faɪnd ▷ finer ˈfaɪn ə AmE - ə r ▷ fines …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEARCH — / sɜːtʃ; NAmE sɜːrtʃ/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. search (for sb/sth) an attempt to find sb/sth, especially by …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FINE — / faɪn; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective ( finer , fin·est ) VERY GOOD …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMB — / kəʊm; NAmE koʊm/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a flat piece of plastic or metal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — with S1 W1 /wɪð, wɪθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'against, from, with' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOOTH — tooth S2 W2 /tuːθ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural teeth /tiːθ/) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: toth ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEARCH — I. search 1 S3 W2 /sɜːtʃ $ sɜːrtʃ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ search , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FINE — I. fine 1 S1 W1 /faɪn/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: French ; Origin: fin , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COMB — I. comb 1 /kəʊm $ koʊm/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: camb ] 1 . [countable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOOTH — n. & v. --n. (pl. teeth) 1 each of a set of hard bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEARCH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. look through or go over thoroughly to find something. 2 tr. examine or feel …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FINE — adj., n., adv., & v. --adj. 1 of high quality. 2 a excellent; of notable merit (a fine painting). b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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TOOTH — n. & v. n. (pl. teeth) 1 each of a set of hard bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SEARCH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. look through or go over thoroughly to find something. 2 tr. examine or feel …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FINE — adj., n., adv., & v. adj. 1 of high quality. 2 a excellent; of notable merit (a fine painting). b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOOTH — n. & v. --n. (pl. teeth) 1. each of a set of hard bony enamel-coated structures in the jaws of …
Oxford English vocab
SEARCH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. look through or go over thoroughly to find something. 2 tr. examine or feel …
Oxford English vocab
FINE — 1. adj., n., adv., & v. --adj. 1. of high quality. 2 a excellent; of notable merit (a fine painting). …
Oxford English vocab
COMB
Oxford English vocab
FINE — I. ADJECTIVE USES /faɪn/ ( finer, finest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — Pronounced /wɪð/ for meanings 20 and 21. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOOTH — ( teeth) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your teeth are the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEARCH — ( searches, searching, searched) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COMB — ( combs, combing, combed) 1. A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOOTH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES armed to the teeth (= carrying a lot of weapons ) ▪ Many of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SEARCH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a desperate search ▪ The female bear has left her young in a desperate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FINE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a beautiful/fine/sunny morning ▪ Outside it was a beautiful morning. a fine balance (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COMB — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES brush/comb your hair ▪ He cleaned his teeth and brushed his hair. fine-tooth comb …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOOTH — (MOUTH) [noun] [C] [plural] teeth - any of the hard white objects in the mouth, which are used for biting …
Cambridge English vocab
FINE — (PUNISHMENT) [noun] [C] - an amount of money that has to be paid as a punishment for not obeying a …
Cambridge English vocab
COMB — [verb] [T]If you comb your hair, you tidy it using a comb.She combed her hair and put on some lipstick.The …
Cambridge English vocab
TOOTH — Synonyms and related words : Vandyke, aftertaste, asperity, baby tooth, bicuspid, bitter, blaze, bucktooth, bumpiness, canine, chop, choppiness, coarsen, cog, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINE — Synonyms and related words : Babylonian, Corinthian, OK, Roger, absolutely, abstruse, accomplished, accurate, acrid, acute, admirable, adulterated, advantageous, aesthetic, aesthetically …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINE — Fine as five pence. Fine as a cow-t--d stuck with primroses.FINE. A man imprisoned for any offence. A fine of …
Slang English vocab
COMB — To comb one's head; to clapperclaw, or scold any one: a woman who lectures her husband, is said to comb …
Slang English vocab
FINE — n. Function: adjective 1 marked by subtlety of perception or discrimination FF1C; I cannot follow these fine distinctions FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FINE — I. noun a pecuniary penalty exacted by an authority paid a fine of ten dollars Synonyms: amercement, forfeit, mulct, penalty …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , heavy , hefty , huge , large , massive , stiff , substantial ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
COMB — I. noun 1 used for making your hair neat VERB + COMB ▪ use ▪ drag , pull , run …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TOOTH — n. 25B6; noun FANG, tusk; Zoology denticle; informal gnasher; Brit. informal pearly white. See lists. dental. Human Teeth bicuspid molar …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FINE — n. 25B6; adjective fine wines : EXCELLENT, first-class, first-rate, great, exceptional, outstanding, quality, superior, splendid, magnificent, exquisite, choice, select, prime, …
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FINE — adj. 1 superior, excellent, superb, magnificent, supreme, marvellous, exceptional, splendid, exquisite, elegant, first-class, first-rate, prime, choice, select, top-grade, high-grade, top-drawer, …
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