comb out
verb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
remove unwanted elements
The company weeded out the incompetent people
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Sense 2 verb
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
comb your hair before dinner
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | comb-out |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | get rid of |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | combing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comb-out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | unsnarling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comb |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | comb |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | neaten |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | slick down |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluff |