comb

(noun) a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair.

(noun) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds. Synonyms: cockscomb, coxcomb.

(noun) any of several tools for straightening fibers.

(noun) ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore.

(noun) the act of drawing a comb through hair. Synonyms: combing. Example: "His hair needed a comb."

(verb) straighten with a comb. Example: "Comb your hair."

(verb) search thoroughly. Synonyms: ransack. Example: "They combed the area for the missing child."

(verb) smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb. Synonyms: comb out, disentangle. Examples: "Comb your hair before dinner." "Comb the wool."