I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
brush/comb your hair
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He cleaned his teeth and brushed his hair.
fine-tooth comb
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The police went over the scene of the crime with a fine-tooth comb.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
fine
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Regular grooming with a special fine flea comb should alert you to the presence of these troublesome parasites.
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I searched the town for finer combs , washed all our clothes again and shampooed both of us morning and night.
■ VERB
take
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Then she took out a comb , and began to set it into some kind of order.
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She took a comb from her bag and combed her hair, looking at herself in the mirror.
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He took a comb from the pocket of his suit and stood at the sink.
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He crossed to his locker and took out a comb , running it through his short black hair.
use
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Never brush your hair when wet; instead use a wide-tooth comb .
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Don't over brush. Use a special wide-toothed comb to tease curls into place.
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Heat can help here too 5 Use a comb spreader to apply fresh adhesive to the floor.
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He has lost half his hair, and that which is left could use a comb .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
go through/over sth with a fine-tooth comb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Jim was stunned, because he had sold his gold watch to buy Della the combs.
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But the dances are normally performed on a comb in the hive where they hang vertically.
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Hair is in a stretched state when wet, a wide-tooth comb reduces breakage by gently passing through hair.
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She barely noticed it at all as she stood for a few seconds in front of the mirror and pulled the comb through her hair.
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She plotted a new method to kill Snow White: with a poisoned comb .
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The comb and tissue can be used to make a kazoo. 2.
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The mysterious tonic and the fine-tooth metal comb brought Walker incredible wealth.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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She straightened up as Melissa approached, pulled off one of her gardening gloves and combed back her hair with her fingers.
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She sat her on the counter beside the sink and combed back her thin hair.
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Sharp colour and defined curls create dramatic impact For a classic fifties look short hair is combed back from the face.
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He was shaved and smelled of aftershave, his hair combed back .
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Looking in the mirror that was perched precariously on the windowsill, he combed back the hair that hung over his eyes.
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His hair was combed back smoothly over his round skull.
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Pictures of me at the time show me to have my hair combed back , without parting, from my forehead.
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The little guy's flattop is combed back too much, and the face is missing those character-telling wrinkles.
out
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She was combing out her blonde hair and pouring a colourless liquid from a bottle over her head.
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Afterwards she combed out long gray curls which turned into ringlets in the sun.
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His own hair was combed out over his shoulders, and for make-up he had used only the faintest trace of kohl.
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She had not combed out her hair.
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But if you sit here a moment, I will comb out your hair, and you may keep the comb.
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Typically, layoffs comb out the young, eager employees and leave behind the deadwood-in jobs they neither know nor want.
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I did comb out a single dead louse, and we inspected it on a sheet of white paper.
through
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After applying, comb through to ensure even distribution and leave for a minimum of three minutes.
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Stroke the Luminescent Mousse quickly through your hair and comb through, making sure that it is well distributed at the roots.
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Simply apply them evenly through towel-dried hair, comb through and set hair as usual.
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This is sprayed on to hair before perming and combed through to regulate hair's porosity and ensure an even finish.
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Lightly comb through to the ends.
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Simply spray on to damp hair that has been lightly towel-dried and comb through .
■ NOUN
hair
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The latter were neatly dressed, the girls in calico aprons, the boys in knickerbocker suits with their hair combed flat.
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Let him see the hand go through the hair , as if combing the wetness out.
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I wear my hair long and I comb it forward to hide as much as possible of my face.
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His thick brown hair was combed straight back.
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Stroke the Luminescent Mousse quickly through your hair and comb through, making sure that it is well distributed at the roots.
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I am neat, clean, and my hair is combed .
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Sharp colour and defined curls create dramatic impact For a classic fifties look short hair is combed back from the face.
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He was shaved and smelled of aftershave, his hair combed back.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His blond hair was neatly combed.
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Police and volunteers are combing the countryside in the hope of finding the missing boy.
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Rescuers combed the hillsides but found no trace of the missing climbers.
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The children combed the shoreline for shells.
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Tugboats and helicopters combed the area before the body was finally found.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After applying, comb through to ensure even distribution and leave for a minimum of three minutes.
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Hours later, police were still combing the blood-smeared lobby for evidence.
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It has no elasticity, is brittle and breaks easily when brushed or combed.
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Let him see the hand go through the hair, as if combing the wetness out.
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Never before have we been so potent, not even in New York when we were combing nurses out of our hair.
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Oh, yes, I comb their hair and, when I am finished, I sing to them.
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She had not combed out her hair.
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There was no way I could search the entire house, but I could certainly comb a couple of places.