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what does comb out mean?

COMB OUT as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • comb your hair before dinner
    • comb the wool
    Hypernyms(s) comb out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • remove unwanted elements
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The company weeded out the incompetent people
    • The new law weeds out the old inequities
    Hypernyms(s) comb out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
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what does comb-out mean?

COMB-OUT as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people
    Usage Example(s)
    • the department got a good comb-out
    Hypernyms(s) comb-out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) comb-out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
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