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Image:Comb.png|thumb|right|A comb for the hair.
English

Pronunciation
k�m, /k��m/, /<tt>k@Um</tt>/
audio|en-us-comb.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-��m|Rhymes: -��m

Etymology
Old English camb

Noun
en-noun

1. A toothed implement for grooming the hair.
2. A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
3. A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles: crest.
4. An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.

#:Quotations
#:*1882, But the comb or half quarter is very general in the Eastern counties, particularly in Norfolk. &mdash; James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, page 207.

1. The top part of a gun�s stock.

Related terms
orling

Latin: t-|la|pecten
Malay: t+|ms|sikat|xs=Malay
Persian: t+|fa|شا��|trshaneh|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: t+|pl|grzebie�|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|pente|m
Romanian: t-|ro|pieptene|m
Russian: �а����ка (ras�óska) f, г�ебен� (grében�) m
Serbian: �ešalj m
Slovene: t+|sl|glavnik|m
Spanish: t+|es|peine|m
Swedish: t+|sv|kam|c
Telugu: ద�వ�వ�న
Volapük: köb
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Russian: г�ебен� (grében�) m
Slovene: t+|sl|greben|m
Spanish: t+|es|cresta|f
Swedish: t+|sv|kam|c
Vietnamese: t+|vi|mào|xs=Vietnamese
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Verb
en-verb

1. To groom the hair with a toothed implement.
2. To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
3. To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

Russian: п�и����ва�� (pri�ósyvat') impf, п�и�е�а�� (pri�esát') pf; �а�����ва�� (ras�ósyvat') impf, �а��е�а�� (ras�esát') pf
Slovene: �esati (se)
Swedish: kamma
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trans-top|to separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers
Finnish: t-|fi|kammata
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Russian: �е�а�� (�esát') impf
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trans-top|to search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb
Finnish: t-|fi|kammata, t+|fi|haravoida
German: t-|de|durchkämmen
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Russian: п�о����ва�� (pro�ósyvat') impf, п�о�е�а�� (pro�esát') pf
Slovene: pre�esati
Swedish: kamma
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ttbc|Breton: kribañ (1,2), furchal, klask pizh (3)
ttbc|Dutch: kammen
ttbc|French: peigner (1,2), coiffer (1), passer au peigne fin (3)
ttbc|Indonesian: sisir|menyisir
ttbc|Interlingua: pectinar
ttbc|Hungarian: fésülködik (1), átfésül (3)
ttbc|Korean: �� (bisda, bit-) (1)
ttbc|Malay: sikat|menyikat
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|شا�� کرد� (shaneh kardan)
ttbc|Polish: czesa� (1,2), przeczesywa� (3)
ttbc|Spanish: peinar
ttbc|Telugu: ద�వ�వ� (1), ద�వ�వ���న� (1)
ttbc|Volapük: köbön
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abbreviation
comb

1. combination

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Hair

Hungarian

Noun
comb

1. thigh

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