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'comb' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'comb' with 10 example sentences.


comb noun

: a 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

: any of several tools for straightening fibers

: ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

: the act of drawing a comb through hair

comb verb

: straighten with a comb

: search thoroughly

: smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb


  • Comb your hair before you go out.
  • She combed her hair with her fingers.
  • He's combing his hair.
  • Why do you need a comb if you're bald?
  • You can use a fine-toothed comb to check for nits.
  • She put the comb in the drawer.
  • I need a mirror to comb my hair.
  • The police combed the city.
  • Tell her that I am combing my hair.
  • The man combs his dog with a brush.
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