comb : Idioms & Phrases

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comb jelly

  • noun biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
    ctenophore.
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comb out

  • verb remove unwanted elements
    weed out.
    • The company weeded out the incompetent people
    • The new law weeds out the old inequities
  • verb smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
    comb; disentangle.
    • comb your hair before dinner
    • comb the wool
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comb-footed spider

  • noun spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot
    theridiid.
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comb-like

  • adjective resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb
    ctenoid.
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comb-out

  • noun the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
    teasing.
  • noun the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people
    • the department got a good comb-out
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comb-plate

  • noun a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused
    ctene.
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comb-shaped

Comb"-shaped` adjective
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Pectinate.
Webster 1913

fine-tooth comb

  • noun a comb with teeth set close together
    fine-tooth comb.
  • noun a method of examining in minute detail
    fine-tooth comb.
    • he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes
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fine-toothed comb

  • noun a comb with teeth set close together
    fine-tooth comb.
  • noun a method of examining in minute detail
    fine-tooth comb.
    • he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes
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Flax comb

  • a hatchel, hackle, or heckle.
Webster 1913

lady's comb

La"dy's comb"
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb.
Webster 1913

pocket comb

  • noun a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket
    pocketcomb.
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Venus's comb

  • . (a) (Bot.) Same as Lady's comb. (b) (Zoöl.) A species of Murex (M. tenuispinus). It has a long, tubular canal, with a row of long, slender spines along both of its borders, and rows of similar spines covering the body of the shell. Called also Venus's shell.
Webster 1913