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Definition of Combs

Comb
Comb Comb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combed; p. pr. & vb. n. Combing.] To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing. Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright. --Shak.
Comb
Comb Comb (?; 110), n. [AS. camb; akin to Sw., Dan., & D. kam, Icel. kambr, G. kamm, Gr. ? a grinder tooth, Skr. jambha tooth.] 1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place. 2. An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb. 3. (Manuf. & Mech.) (a) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc. (b) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine. (c) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat. (d) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser. (e) The notched scale of a wire micrometer. (f) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
Comb
Comb Comb, v. i. [See Comb, n., 5.] (Naut.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
Comb
Comb Comb, Combe Combe (? or ?), n. [AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.] That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [Written also coombe.] --Buckland. A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. --Southey.
Comb
Comb Comb, n. A dry measure. See Coomb.
comb
Coomb Coomb, n. [AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. ? hollow of a vessel, cup, boat, but cf. G. kumpf bowl.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb.]

Meaning of Combs from wikipedia

- in his car on Central Park West, when Combs was two years old. Combs has a sister, and grew up in poverty. Combs was raised Catholic and served as an altar...
- England Combs, Suffolk, England Combs, Arkansas, a community Combs, Kentucky, a community Combs Township, Carroll County, Missouri Comb, plural form Combs (surname)...
- Year award, their highest honor. Combs was born in Huntersville, North Carolina, the only child of Rhonda and Chester Combs. The family moved to Asheville...
- Guinness World Records in June 2020. Combs was born in Rockerville, South Dakota, on July 27, 1980, the daughter of Jamie Combs and Nina Darrington. The family...
- Wooden combs are largely made of boxwood, cherry wood, or other fine-grained wood. Good quality wooden combs are usually handmade and polished. Combs come...
- (2010–2013). Combs was born in Oxnard, California, the fifth of nine children born to Jean Owens (formerly ****ns; 1921–1986) and Eugene "Gene" Combs (1922–1999)...
- syndication from 1988–1994. From 1995 to 1996, Combs hosted another game show, Family Challenge. Raymond Neil Combs Jr. was born in Hamilton, Ohio, on April...
- most combing in the world is carried out on the French system. The French system is superior as it combs the entire length of a fibre. Noble combs suffer...
- Liars (2010–2017). Combs was born in San Diego, California, and is of Irish descent. At the time of her birth, her mother, Lauralei Combs was 15 years old...
- French business executive 3446 Combes, a minor planet Les Combes, a commune in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France Combs (disambiguation) This disambiguation...