A FINE-TOOTHED COMB

Meaning of A FINE-TOOTHED COMB in English

a careful search, a search for a detail

She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

A FINE-TOOTHED COMB — a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed …
English Idioms vocab
TOOTHED — adjective Date: 14th century having teeth especially of a specified kind or number
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TOOTHED — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) sabre toothed cat {{link=toothed whale">toothed whale
Английский словарь Британика
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
COMB
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOOTHED — |tütht sometimes -üthd adjective Etymology: Middle English tothed, toothed, from toth, tooth tooth + -ed 1. a. : provided with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOOTHED — (a.) Having marginal projecting points; dentate.
Английский словарь Webster
TOOTHED — (a.) Having teeth; furnished with teeth.
Английский словарь Webster
TOOTHED — (imp. & p. p.) of Tooth
Английский словарь Webster
TOOTHED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Tooth
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOOTHED — ( a. ) Having teeth; furnished with teeth.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOOTHED — ( a. ) Having marginal projecting points; dentate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged 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
TOOTHED — adj. having teeth; having certain type of teeth, having a particular number of teeth
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
COMB
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOOTHED — ˈtü-thəd adjective Date: 14th century : having teeth especially of a specified kind or number — often used in combination …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOOTHED — adj having teeth; furnished with teeth. 2. toothed ·adj having marginal projecting points; dentate. 3. toothed ·impf & ·p.p. of …
Webster English vocab
FINE — superl (used ironically.). 2. fine ·superl not coarse, gross, or heavy. 3. fine ·vi to pay a fine. ·see fine, …
Webster English vocab
COMB
Webster English vocab
TOOTHED — [toothed] adj (14c): having teeth esp. of a specified kind or number--often used in combination "bucktoothed"
Merriam-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
TOOTHED — toothed adjective BrE AmE tuːθt tuːðd, § \ tʊθt ˈtuːθ əd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FINE — I fine ordinary senses BrE AmE faɪn ▷ fined faɪnd ▷ finer ˈfaɪn ə AmE - ə r ▷ fines …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOOTHED — / tuːθt; NAmE ; tuːðd/ adjective [ only before noun ] 1. ( technical ) having teeth : a toothed …
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
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
FINE — adj., n., adv., & v. --adj. 1 of high quality. 2 a excellent; of notable merit (a fine painting). b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COMB
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FINE — adj., n., adv., & v. adj. 1 of high quality. 2 a excellent; of notable merit (a fine painting). b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COMB
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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
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
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
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
TOOTHED — adj. sabre toothed tiger sabre toothed cat toothed whale
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TOOTHED — Synonyms and related words : acanthoid, acanthous, acicular, acuate, aculeate, aculeiform, acuminate, acute, barbed, battlemented, bicuspid, chopped, clawed, cornuted, crenate, …
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
FINE — n. 25B6; adjective fine wines : EXCELLENT, first-class, first-rate, great, exceptional, outstanding, quality, superior, splendid, magnificent, exquisite, choice, select, prime, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TOOTHED — прил. 1) имеющий зубы 2) зубчатый Syn : cogged, indented имеющий зубы зубчатый toothed p. p. от tooth ~ зубчатый …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FINE — I 1. сущ. 1) конец уст. (кроме сочетаний) in fine 2) а) ист. юр. вид мировой (как "взаимовыгодное завершение дела") …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COMB — I 1. сущ. 1) гребень; расческа 2) скребница Syn : horse comb, currycomb 3) текст. бедро; рядок; чесалка 4) гребешок, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOOTHED — Зубчатый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TOOTHED — a 1. имеющий зубы 2. зубчатый
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FINE — fine.ogg _I 1. faın n штраф; пеня heavy fine - большой штраф to impose a fine - налагать штраф 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COMB — comb.ogg _I 1. kəʋm n 1. 1> гребень, гребёнка; расчёска 2> причёсывание, расчёсывание your hair needs a good comb - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COMB — 1) гребень, гребешок 2) конёк крыши 3) скребок, цикля || скрести, циклевать 4) насекать ( поверхность ) ; отделывать под …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
COMB — 1) гребень, гребешок 2) конёк крыши 3) скребок, цикля || скрести, циклевать 4) насекать (поверхность); отделывать под дерево (лакокрасочное покрытие) 5) возд. гребёнка 6) электрон. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TOOTHED — зубчатый - rack toothed - toothed chain - toothed flywheel - toothed roller - toothed square
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

English Idioms vocabulary

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