comb out

comb out
verb
1. remove unwanted elements
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The company weeded out the incompetent people

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The new law weeds out the old inequities

• Syn: ↑weed out
• Derivationally related forms: ↑comb-out
• Hypernyms: ↑get rid of, ↑remove
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

2. smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
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comb your hair before dinner

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comb the wool

• Syn: ↑comb, ↑disentangle
• Derivationally related forms: ↑disentanglement (for: ↑disentangle), ↑comb-out, ↑comb (for: ↑comb), ↑combing (for: ↑comb)
• Hypernyms: ↑groom, ↑neaten
• Hyponyms: ↑slick, ↑slick down, ↑sleek down, ↑tease, ↑fluff
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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They comb out their hair

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comb out
1. To arrange (hair) by combing after rollers, etc have been removed
2. To remove (tangles, etc) from hair by combing
3. To search thoroughly for and remove (eg lice, men for military service; combˈ-out noun)
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Main Entry: ↑comb

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ˌcomb ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they comb out he/she/it combs out present participle combing out past tense combed out past participle combed out] phrasal verb
to use a comb to make your hair smooth or straight
Thesaurus: hairdressers and hairdressinghyponym
Main entry: comb

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comb out [phrasal verb]
comb out (hair) or comb (hair) out : to make (hair) neat and smooth with a comb

She sat in front of the mirror combing out her hair.

Her mother combed the tangles out.

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Main Entry: ↑comb

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