comb
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
Types & categories
- device hypernym
- currycomb hyponym
- fine-tooth comb hyponym
- pocketcomb hyponym
Parts & wholes
- tooth part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
straighten with a comb
comb your hair
Types & categories
- straighten hypernym
- roach hyponym
- currycomb hyponym
- hackle hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
Types & categories
- crest hypernym
Parts & wholes
- gallinaceous bird part holonym
Sense 4 verb
search thoroughly
They combed the area for the missing child
Types & categories
- search hypernym
Related & opposite
- ransacking derivation
Sense 5 noun
any of several tools for straightening fibers
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- tooth part meronym
Related & opposite
- comb out derivation
Sense 6 verb
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
comb your hair before dinner
Types & categories
- neaten hypernym
- slick down hyponym
- fluff hyponym
Related & opposite
- combing derivation
- comb-out derivation
- unsnarling derivation
- comb derivation
- comb derivation
Sense 7 noun
ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
Types & categories
- plate hypernym
Parts & wholes
- ctenophore part holonym
Sense 8 noun
the act of drawing a comb through hair
his hair needed a comb
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | comb out |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | comb |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | tooth |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | currycomb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fine-tooth comb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pocketcomb |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | combing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comb |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | straighten |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | roach |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | currycomb |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hackle |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | gallinaceous bird |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | crest |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ransacking |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | search |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | comb out |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | tooth |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | tool |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | hatchel |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | combing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | comb-out |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsnarling |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | comb |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | comb |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | neaten |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | slick down |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluff |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ctenophore |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | plate |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | comb out |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | comb |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | hair care |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | comb-out |