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COMB OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
Example:
comb the wool
Synonyms:
comb; comb out; disentangle
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "comb out" is one way to...):
groom; neaten (care for one's external appearance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "comb out"):
sleek down; slick; slick down (give a smooth and glossy appearance)
fluff; tease (ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They comb out their hair
Derivation:
comb-out (the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Remove unwanted elements
Example:
The new law weeds out the old inequities
Synonyms:
comb out; weed out
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "comb out" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
comb-out (the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people)
