Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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search | Yes | No | Yes | No |
comb | Yes | No | Yes | No |
search (noun) | comb (noun) |
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the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone | the act of drawing a comb through hair |
boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas | ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore |
an investigation seeking answers | the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds |
the examination of alternative hypotheses | a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair |
an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property | any of several tools for straightening fibers |
search (verb) | comb (verb) |
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inquire into | smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb |
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of | search thoroughly |
subject to a search | straighten with a comb |
search or seek |