comb (
http://definr.com/comb)
n 1: a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge;
disentangles or arranges hair
2: the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and
other gallinaceous birds [syn:
cockscomb,
coxcomb]
3: a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of
certain birds especially domestic fowl
4: any of several tools for straightening fibers
5: ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
6: the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a
comb" [syn:
combing]
v 1: straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"; "comb the wool"
2: search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing
child" [syn:
ransack]
3: of hair [syn:
comb out,
disentangle]