combing

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English

Definitions

verb

(especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb.“I need to comb my hair before we leave the house”
To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.“Police combed the field for evidence after the assault”
To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

noun

The act by which something is combed.“My hair needs frequent combings; otherwise, it gets matted.”
(in the plural) Individual hairs that drop out when the hair is combed.

Related words

Synonyms

sweeping searching inspecting combining commixtion combination combinement tousling comportation collation combo commixture commingling commolition commixion comp

Associated

comb carding worsted brushing lice grooming woollen hair wool spinning yarn pins

Rhymes

gloaming roaming foaming homing chroming capital of wyoming loaming doming domingue froemming

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