Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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comb | Yes | No | Yes | No |
straighten out | No | No | Yes | No |
comb (noun) | straighten out (noun) |
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the act of drawing a comb through hair | |
ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore | |
the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds | |
a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair | |
any of several tools for straightening fibers |
comb (verb) | straighten out (verb) |
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smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb | put (things or places) in order |
search thoroughly | settle or put right |
straighten with a comb | change for the better |
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | |
make straight | |
extricate from entanglement |