comb - noun

a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

any of several tools for straightening fibers

ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

the act of drawing a comb through hair

comb - verb

• straighten with a comb
• search thoroughly
• smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

comb - thesaurus

cockscomb   combing   coxcomb   disentangle   ransack