Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to groom the hair with a toothed implement:
Русский
By meaning 3
to groom the hair with a toothed implement:
to separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers:
to search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to groom the hair with a toothed implement:
to search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb:

Examples

99 sentences

  1. I have to comb my hair.

    Я мушу зачісатися. — deniko

    ruМне нужно причесаться. — Biga

    deIch muss mir die Haare kämmen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Tom forgot to comb his hair.

    Том забувся зачісатися. — deniko

    ruТом забыл причесаться. — marafon

    deTom hatte vergessen, sich zu kämmen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Comb your hair before you go out.

    Зачішися, перш ніж йти надвір. — deniko

    deKämme deine Haare, bevor du ausgehst. — Waldelfe

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Meaning

5 senses

  1. (transitive)Especially of hair or fur, to groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.

    kämmen

    причёсыватьpričósyvatʹ, причеса́тьpričesátʹ, расчёсыватьrasčósyvatʹ

    чеса́тиčesáty, розчі́суватиrozčísuvaty

  2. (transitive)To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

    Police combed the field for evidence after the assault.

    durchkämmen

    прочёсыватьpročósyvatʹ, прочеса́тьpročesátʹ

    search thoroughly

  3. (transitive)To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.

    чеса́тьčesátʹ

More meanings 2

  1. (intransitive)To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

  2. (transitive)To turn a vessel parallel to (the track of) (a torpedo) so as to reduce one's size as a target.

Origin

From Middle English comb, from Old English camb (“comb”), from Proto-West Germanic *kamb,

From Middle English comb, from Old English camb (“comb”), from Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz (“comb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth”), a doublet of cam. The verb is derived from the noun and displaced the older verb kemb.

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Forms

combs, combing, combed, combed

regular · Lesson

Base formcomb · to comb
3rd person singularcombs
Present participlecombing
Past simplecombed
Past participlecombed

Tenses

comb · combed · will comb · have combed

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycomb
he, she, itcombs

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave combed
he, she, ithas combed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill comb

Past simpleLesson

all personscombed

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words
Relatedcombing
Derivedbackcombcombabilitycombablecomb downcombing ridgecomb outcomb overcomb throughfinger-combovercomb

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
comcomaB2comatosecombatcombatant

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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