COMB


Meaning of COMB in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ koʊm ]

( combs, combing, combed)

1.

A comb 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 comb your hair, you tidy it using a comb.

Salvatore combed his hair carefully...

Her reddish hair was cut short and neatly combed.

VERB : V n , V-ed

3.

If you comb a place, you search everywhere in it in order to find someone or something.

Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon...

They fanned out and carefully combed the temple grounds.

VERB : V n for n , V n

4.

If you comb through information, you look at it very carefully in order to find something.

Eight policemen then spent two years combing through the evidence.

VERB : V through n

5.

see also fine-tooth comb

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.