Definition for Comb:

• A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. See Comb.

Synonyms for Comb:

• n.

  •
  • carding knife,
  • graining instrument,
  • nest,
  • ivorycomb,
  • currycomb,
  • web.
  •
  • beat the bushes,
  • condition,
  • barbershop,
  • investigate,
  • crimp.
  •
  • color,
  • brush.
  •
  • collar,
  • bill.
  •
  • seek out,
  • look out for,
  • hunt down,
  • pick through,
  • go through,
  • scavenge.
  •animal (noun)
  • coxcomb,
  • comb.
  •comb (noun)
  • comb out,
  • combing.
  •comb-out (noun)
  • comb-out.
  •crest (noun)
  • cockscombs,
  • aigrettes,
  • hogbacks.

• v.

  •arrange hair (verb)
  • cleanse,
  • lay smooth,
  • curry,
  • hackle,
  • hatchel,
  • adjust,
  • rasp,
  • smooth,
  • disentangle,
  • card,
  • scrape,
  • untangle.
  •dress (verb)
  • dis-posing,
  • dis posing,
  • dis-posed,
  • dis pose,
  • dis-pose,
  • dis posed,
  • makes ready.
  •forage (verb)
  • fine tooth combed,
  • casting about,
  • fine tooth combing,
  • fine-tooth-combing,
  • casts about,
  • fine tooth comb,
  • fine tooth combs,
  • fine-tooth-combs,
  • fine-tooth-combed.
  •groom (verb)
  • prettying up,
  • lick in to shape,
  • putting through mill,
  • licks in to shape,
  • pretties up,
  • re fines,
  • re-freshes,
  • re-fresh,
  • licked in to shape,
  • licks into shape,
  • shapes up,
  • re-fines,
  • Primmed,
  • makes presentable,
  • shaping up,
  • co-aching,
  • slicking up,
  • spiffing up,
  • puts through grind,
  • prettied up,
  • re adies,
  • puts through mill,
  • making attractive,
  • co-ached,
  • made presentable,
  • rubs down,
  • re freshes,
  • re-fine,
  • re fine,
  • co aching,
  • rubbing down,
  • licking into shape,
  • re fresh,
  • smartens up,
  • co ached,
  • made attractive,
  • rubbed down,
  • smartening up,
  • licked into shape,
  • makes attractive,
  • spiffs up,
  • making presentable,
  • re fined,
  • slicks up,
  • Primming,
  • putting through grind,
  • re-adies,
  • licking in to shape,
  • re-fining.
  •grub (verb)
  • un earth,
  • pre pare,
  • pro bed,
  • pre-pared,
  • un earthed,
  • ex-cavate,
  • pre-paring,
  • pre paring,
  • up rooted,
  • un-earthed,
  • up roots,
  • up-rooted,
  • un-earthing,
  • un-earths,
  • pre pares,
  • up-rooting,
  • up-root,
  • un earths,
  • up root,
  • pre-pare,
  • un-earth,
  • up rooting,
  • pro-bed,
  • un earthing,
  • pre pared,
  • ex cavate,
  • up-roots.
  •rake (verb)
  • fine-combs,
  • re-moving,
  • fine combed,
  • fine-combed,
  • re moved,
  • re-moves,
  • fine-combing,
  • finecombing,
  • fine comb,
  • fine combs,
  • re-move,
  • re move,
  • cleaning up,
  • finecombed,
  • fine combing,
  • re moving,
  • enfilades,
  • finecombs.
  •ransack (verb)
  • leaving no stone unturned,
  • look high low,
  • goes over with a finetooth comb,
  • over hauled,
  • de spoil,
  • leaved no stone unturned,
  • looking high low,
  • went over with finetooth comb,
  • went over with fine-tooth comb,
  • looked all over for,
  • going over with a fine tooth comb,
  • looking all over for,
  • goes over with fine-tooth comb,
  • going over with finetooth comb,
  • shakes down,
  • made with,
  • goes over with fine tooth comb,
  • went over with a fine tooth comb,
  • over-haul,
  • made off with,
  • looking over for,
  • goes over with a fine-tooth comb,
  • going over with a finetooth comb,
  • looking high and low,
  • looks all over for,
  • de-spoils,
  • going over with fine-tooth comb,
  • looks over for,
  • go over with finetooth comb,
  • looked high and low,
  • going over with fine tooth comb,
  • de-spoil,
  • making with,
  • over-hauls,
  • de spoils,
  • go over with fine tooth comb,
  • de-spoiled,
  • going over with a fine-tooth comb,
  • goes over with finetooth comb,
  • over haul,
  • over hauls,
  • went over with fine tooth comb,
  • make with,
  • takes away,
  • go over with fine-tooth comb,
  • looks high and low,
  • went over with a finetooth comb,
  • shaking down,
  • de-spoiling,
  • over-hauled,
  • looked over for,
  • looked high low,
  • makes off with,
  • go over with a finetooth comb,
  • over hauling,
  • leaves no stone unturned,
  • left no stone unturned,
  • de spoiled,
  • looks high low,
  • de spoiling,
  • over-hauling,
  • look over for,
  • shook down,
  • goes over with a fine tooth comb,
  • go over with a fine tooth comb,
  • went over with a fine-tooth comb,
  • makes with.
  •rummage (verb)
  • dis organizes,
  • dis-organizes,
  • dis-arraying,
  • searches high heaven,
  • dis-arranged,
  • dis arraying,
  • dis organized,
  • dis array,
  • dis-ordered,
  • dis order,
  • dis-arrange,
  • digs out,
  • dis orders,
  • dis-arrayed,
  • digged out,
  • dis-arrays,
  • turning upside down,
  • dis-array,
  • dis-arranges,
  • searched high heaven,
  • dis-ordering,
  • dug out,
  • dis-organized,
  • dis arrayed,
  • turns inside out,
  • dis-orders,
  • dis arranges,
  • dis arranging,
  • digging out,
  • dis arranged,
  • dis-organize,
  • dis organize,
  • dis organizing,
  • dis arrange,
  • searching high heaven,
  • dis-arranging,
  • dis ordered,
  • turns upside down,
  • dis arrays,
  • dis-order,
  • beat bushes,
  • dis ordering,
  • dis-organizing.
  •scour (verb)
  • in quires,
  • in quired,
  • looking up down,
  • in-quired,
  • looks down,
  • in-quires,
  • looking up and down,
  • in-quire,
  • looks up down,
  • look and down,
  • in quire,
  • looked up and down,
  • in quiring,
  • looking and down,
  • looked down,
  • looked up down,
  • looks up and down,
  • in-quiring,
  • looks and down,
  • looked and down,
  • look up down.
  •scrutinize (verb)
  • inquiring in to,
  • gets a load of,
  • over looked,
  • gotten a load of,
  • inquires into,
  • over-looks,
  • putting under microscope,
  • putting under a microscope,
  • gets load of,
  • gotten load of,
  • takes measure of,
  • put under microscope,
  • burns up,
  • in-spects,
  • taking measure of,
  • get load of,
  • taking the measure of,
  • puts under a microscope,
  • inquiring into,
  • inquires in to,
  • over looks,
  • looks over,
  • inquire in to,
  • gat load of,
  • in spects,
  • scrutinating,
  • perlustrating,
  • pores over,
  • over-look,
  • checks over,
  • scrutinates,
  • got load of,
  • perlustrated,
  • perlustrates,
  • checking over,
  • in spect,
  • scrutinated,
  • took the measure of,
  • getting a load of,
  • in-spect,
  • takes the measure of,
  • inquired in to,
  • over-looking,
  • took measure of,
  • burnt up,
  • over look,
  • pored over,
  • got a load of,
  • puts under microscope.
  •search (verb)
  • pry,
  • rifle,
  • peer,
  • winnow,
  • peek,
  • probe.
  •search by ransacking (verb)
  • sweep,
  • hunt,
  • screen,
  • beat,
  • inspect,
  • examine,
  • go through with fine-tooth comb.
  •seek (verb)
  • dragneting,
  • bobs for,
  • was after,
  • searches out,
  • looked about,
  • looking about,
  • searches for,
  • looked around,
  • looks around,
  • went after,
  • art after,
  • digs for,
  • delves for,
  • sniffed out,
  • bobbing for,
  • being after,
  • are after,
  • dragneted,
  • delving for,
  • looking around,
  • wert after,
  • searching for,
  • were after,
  • bobbed for,
  • runs after,
  • birddog,
  • sniffs out,
  • dug for,
  • wast after,
  • digged for,
  • am after,
  • sniffing out,
  • delved for,
  • looks about,
  • digging for,
  • ran after,
  • is after.
  •separate (verb)
  • dis tribute,
  • drew apart,
  • dis-criminate,
  • compartmenting,
  • dis-tributes,
  • putting on side,
  • drawing apart,
  • putting one side,
  • dis tributes,
  • dis-tribute,
  • put one side,
  • puts on side,
  • stands between,
  • draws apart,
  • dis-criminated,
  • puts one side,
  • intervaling,
  • dis criminates,
  • dis criminated,
  • singles out,
  • stood between,
  • putting on one side,
  • dis-criminating,
  • standing between,
  • dis criminate,
  • dis criminating,
  • putting side,
  • dis-criminates,
  • puts side,
  • put side,
  • closes off,
  • ropes off,
  • puts on one side.
  •sift (verb)
  • co-lander,
  • co landers,
  • go in to,
  • delved in to,
  • digs in to,
  • delved into,
  • digging in to,
  • delve in to,
  • dug in to,
  • delves into,
  • co lander,
  • dig in to,
  • co-landers,
  • digged into,
  • delving into,
  • digged in to,
  • digs into,
  • delves in to,
  • digging into,
  • dug into,
  • delving in to.
  •sort (verb)
  • putting down as,
  • puts to rights,
  • puts down for,
  • typecasts,
  • puts in shape,
  • puts order,
  • put rights,
  • putting order,
  • buttoned down,
  • putting shape,
  • puts down as,
  • putting to rights,
  • puts shape,
  • putting rights,
  • puts rights,
  • putting in shape,
  • buttons down,
  • put shape,
  • putting down for,
  • buttoning down,
  • sizes up,
  • sized up,
  • put order.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • gizzard,
  • permanent,
  • permanent wave,
  • hairnet,
  • curler,
  • cobweb,
  • blow dryer,
  • hair slide,
  • hair spray,
  • henna,
  • peroxide,
  • conditioner,
  • dye,
  • bobby pin,
  • tousle,
  • feather,
  • talon,
  • curling iron,
  • perm,
  • scrunch-dry,
  • backcomb,
  • beak,
  • wingtip,
  • plumage,
  • honeycomb,
  • hair grip,
  • hairpin,
  • fine-tooth comb,
  • spiderweb,
  • barrette,
  • tonsorial,
  • cornrow,
  • hairdryer,
  • sweep back,
  • rinse,
  • anthill,
  • hairbrush,
  • blow-dry,
  • pomade.
  •
  • lacquer,
  • wattle,
  • mandible,
  • parting,
  • plait,
  • braid,
  • relax,
  • streak,
  • mousse,
  • haircut,
  • ruff,
  • tongs.
  •
  • salon,
  • shampoo,
  • layer,
  • tint,
  • do up,
  • quill.
  •
  • vent,
  • roller.
  •
  • spur,
  • tease,
  • gel,
  • tonic,
  • crop,
  • slick.
  •
  • pile,
  • highlight.
  •
  • trim.
  •
  • grip,
  • fix.
  •
  • part.
  •
  • wing.
  •
  • down,
  • cut.
  •
  • set.
  •rake
  • weed,
  • finecomb,
  • weeded,
  • Enfiladed,
  • Enfilading,
  • clean up,
  • Weeding,
  • cleans up,
  • weeds,
  • enfilade,
  • cleaned up,
  • fine-comb.
  •search
  • questing,
  • hunt for,
  • smell around,
  • gun for,
  • beat about,
  • searches,
  • poke into,
  • quested,
  • go in quest of,
  • chase after,
  • rifle through.
  •separate
  • compartmentalize,
  • spacing,
  • compartmented,
  • Islanded,
  • singled out,
  • singling out,
  • compartmentalizes,
  • closing off,
  • Separating,
  • roped off,
  • rope off,
  • roping off,
  • compartmentalized,
  • single out,
  • Islands,
  • stand between,
  • compartmentalizing,
  • draw apart,
  • intervaled,
  • put on side,
  • islanding,
  • close off,
  • closed off,
  • put on one side.

Paraphrases for Comb:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Alveoli, crest.

• Other Related

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    combis.

Antonyms for Comb:

• v.

  • arrange hair
    wrinkle, disorganize, disorder, upset, twist.
  • search by ransacking
    ignore.
  • Other antonyms:
    hide, neglect, lose, abandon.

Comb Sentence Examples:

• Be quick and give me my blue satin embroidered dress, and comb out my golden hair.

• " Looks as if they'd started to honey - comb the whole Cape with holes," he thought.

Homophones for Comb:

• KOLM, Combe.

Holonyms for Comb:

• n.

  • animal
    ctenophore, Gallinacean, gallinaceous bird, comb jelly.

Hypernym for Comb:

• n.

  • artifact
    pocket comb, fine-toothed comb, heckle, currycomb, hatchel, fine-tooth comb, pocketcomb.

• v.

  • contact
    roach, hackle, currycomb, heckle, hatchel.

Hyponym for Comb:

• n.

  • animal
    plate, crest.
  • artifact
    tool, device.

• v.

  • contact
    straighten, search, straighten out.

Meronym for Comb:

• n.

  • artifact
    tooth.