comb

A toothed implement:

There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…].

A toothed implement:

A toothed implement:

A toothed implement:

A toothed implement:

To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb.

I need to comb my hair before we leave the house.

To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.

To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.

Police combed the field for evidence after the assault.

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

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

The aircraft split up so as to attack from different, preselected bearings, thus confusing the gunners and making it difficult for the ship to comb torpedo tracks.

Sixteen torpedo bombers divided their attention between the two ships. Repulse combed the torpedo wakes and knocked down two of the attackers.

Abbreviation of combination.