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# comb

noun (comb, combs); verb (comb, combs, combed, combing)

«comb» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A comb is a flat strip with a row of thin teeth used to tidy your hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comb/#m1)
2. To comb your hair is to make it neat with a comb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comb/#m2)
3. To comb a place is to search it very carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comb/#m3)
4. A comb is the red crest on a rooster's head; a honeycomb is the wax cells bees make. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comb/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and hygiene, pupils comb their hair; a nit comb finds head lice. In stories police comb the woods for a missing child. In science lessons bees store honey in a honeycomb. Phrases: comb your hair, nit comb, comb through, fine-tooth comb, honeycomb.

### Examples

- Comb your hair before school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comb/#x1)
- I lost my comb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comb/#x2)
- Mum used a nit comb to check for lice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comb/#x3)
- The police combed the park for clues. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comb/#x4)
- We combed the beach for shells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comb/#x5)
- A rooster has a red comb on its head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comb/#x6)
- Bees keep honey in a honeycomb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comb/#x7)
- He gave Wendy one of their combs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comb/#x8)

### Note

The «b» is silent: say «kohm». Same silent b in «climb», «lamb», «thumb». Regular verb (combed, said «kohmd»). Don't share combs — head lice spread that way.

## In Jewish tradition

In Isaiah "combed flax" means flax cleaned and straightened with a comb before it is spun into linen thread. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and hygiene, pupils comb their hair; a nit comb finds head lice. In stories police comb the woods for a missing child. In science lessons bees store honey in a honeycomb. Phrases: comb your hair, nit comb, comb through, fine-tooth comb, honeycomb.

### Examples

- Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed. (Prophets ISA.19.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#x1)

### Note

The «b» is silent: say «kohm». Same silent b in «climb», «lamb», «thumb». Regular verb (combed, said «kohmd»). Don't share combs — head lice spread that way.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «comb» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comb/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«comb» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/comb.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «comb» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«comb» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/comb.html) on Mova free.