- fine-tooth comb by WordNet
nounA comb with teeth set close together. synonyms: fine-toothed combA method of examining in minute detail.usage: "he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes"synonyms: fine-toothed comb
- fine-toothed by WordNet
adjectiveHaving fine teeth set close together.usage: "a fine-toothed comb"synonyms: fine-tooth
- combing by WordNet
... noun The act of drawing a comb through hair.usage: "his hair needed a comb"synonyms: comb verb Straighten with a comb.usage: "comb your hair"synonyms: combSearch thoroughly.usage: "They combed the area for the missing child"synonyms: comb, ransackSmoothen and neaten with or as with a comb.usage: "comb your hair before dinner ...
- combed by WordNet
verbStraighten with a comb.usage: "comb your hair"synonyms: combSearch thoroughly.usage: "They combed the area for the missing child"synonyms: comb, ransackSmoothen and neaten with or as with a comb.usage: "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"synonyms: comb, comb out, disentangleadjectiveOf hair. ( made tidy with a comb) usage: " ...
- comb by WordNet
nounA flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair. The fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds. synonyms: cockscomb, coxcombAny of several tools for straightening ...