Antonyms for comb
koʊmcomb

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1. combnoun

   Synonyms:
   cockscomb, crest

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1. • Crest
   • Device
   • Groom
   • Plate
   • Search
   • Straighten
   • Tool

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1. combnoun

   a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

   Synonyms:
   cockscomb, combing, coxcomb

2. comb, cockscomb, coxcombnoun

   the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

   Synonyms:
   cockscomb, combing, common cockscomb, coxcomb

3. combnoun

   any of several tools for straightening fibers

   Synonyms:
   cockscomb, combing, coxcomb

4. combnoun

   ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

   Synonyms:
   cockscomb, combing, coxcomb

5. comb, combingverb

   the act of drawing a comb through hair

   "his hair needed a comb"

   Synonyms:
   cockscomb, combing, coxcomb

6. combverb

   straighten with a comb

   "comb your hair"

   Synonyms:
   comb out, disentangle, ransack

7. comb, ransackverb

   search thoroughly

   "They combed the area for the missing child"

   Synonyms:
   rifle, foray, disentangle, ransack, loot, despoil, strip, comb out, pillage, reave, plunder

8. comb, comb out, disentangleverb

   smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

   "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"

   Synonyms:
   unsnarl, disentangle, ransack, unwind, extricate, comb out, disencumber, disembroil, untangle, disinvolve, weed out, straighten out

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1. combnoun

   Synonyms:
   crest, caruncle, head-tuft

How to use comb in a sentence?

1. Mayor Sheldon:

   If they think just because they made it home that the crime is over, it's not, our detectives are working nonstop to comb through every bit of video, and they're going to get a knock at their door, and they will go to jail in Bay County Sheriff Office.

2. Judith Stern:

   Experience: A comb life gives you after you lose your hair.

3. Sam Donofrio:

   The comb-over is now defined as a strong side part where the hair is combed over to one side and cut tight around the edges to convey a very vintage look, it is probably the most popular hairstyle that we are seeing.

4. Mike Richards:

   Every person alive today has at some point said or done something that another person finds objectionable, whether they mean to or not, people are being forced to think twice before stepping into the public realm because there will always be a group of people intent on picking through your past with a fine-tooth comb to uncover reasons to attack you.

5. Belgian Proverb:

   Experience is the comb that nature gives us when we are bald.

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