Definitions
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- v. Present participle of comb.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs.
- n.
- n. That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair.
- n. Hair arranged to be worn on the head.
- n. See Coamings.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of using a comb.
- n. The process of carding wool. See card, transitive verb, and carding-machine.
- n. The process of hackling flax.
- n. Graining on wood.
- n. That which is removed by combing or carding: generally in the plural: as, the combings of wool or hair.
- n. Hair combed over a bald part of the head.
- n. Same as coaming.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. the act of drawing a comb through hair
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Examples
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This is the second process of combing, and is called _combing_.
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Feeling myself more fevered than hungry, I determined on spending the time in combing my hair and washing my face and hands with vinegar.
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Combing wools are so called because they are prepared for spinning [2] into yarn by the process of "combing" -- that is, the fibers are made to lie parallel with one another preparatory to being spun into thread.
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They clip from six to seven pounds of wool, suitable for combing, which is longer than South Down wool, but less fine.
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They are all obtained in the process of combing, that is, the process which separates the long from the short fibers; the former are known as the "top," and are used in worsted and in the production of mohair and alpaca yarns; while the latter are used to advantage in the production of many different kinds of woolen fabrics.
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The combing is the process of arranging the fibers of wool, mohair, cotton, linen, into a parallel condition, preparatory to spinning into a smooth, even and regular yarn.
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There was a good deal of waste in this combing, that is, large clumps of tangled wool called noil were combed out.
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Natroba™ is a novel therapy that does not require nit combing, which is very tedious and time consuming.
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DICAPac, a waterproof case and word combing Dica and Pac (pack), is a product of DICAPac Inc., which first seeks the safety of digital equipment.
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The 26 September news website, quoting an unnamed government source, said Yemeni forces had destroyed a "terrorist den" in the northern Saada region on Thursday in what was described as a combing operation by security forces and military.
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