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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of drawing a comb through hair;
- Example: "his hair needed a comb"
[syn: comb, combing]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Comb \Comb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combed; p. pr. & vb. n. Combing.] To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing. [1913 Webster] Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Combing \Comb"ing\, n. 1. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool. [1913 Webster] Note: The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (a) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair. (b) Hair arranged to be worn on the head. [1913 Webster] The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of their hair is supplied by borders and combings. --Jer. Taylor. (c) (Naut.) See Coamings. [1913 Webster] Combing machine (Textile Manuf.), a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also Carding machine, under Carding. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

combing n 1: the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb" [syn: comb, combing]