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# comb

«comb» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a flat strip with a row of thin teeth used to tidy your hair** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (comb, combs); verb (comb, combs, combed, combing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A comb is a flat strip with a row of thin teeth used to tidy your hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#m1)

2) To comb your hair is to make it neat with a comb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#m2)

3) To comb a place is to search it very carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#m3)

4) A comb is the red crest on a rooster's head; a honeycomb is the wax cells bees make. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Isaiah "combed flax" means flax cleaned and straightened with a comb before it is spun into linen thread. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and hygiene, pupils comb their hair; a nit comb finds head lice. In stories police comb the woods for a missing child. In science lessons bees store honey in a honeycomb. Phrases: comb your hair, nit comb, comb through, fine-tooth comb, honeycomb.

### examples

- Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed. (Prophets ISA.19.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#x1)
- Comb your hair before school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#x2)
- I lost my comb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#x3)
- Mum used a nit comb to check for lice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#x4)
- The police combed the park for clues. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#x5)
- We combed the beach for shells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#x6)
- A rooster has a red comb on its head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#x7)
- Bees keep honey in a honeycomb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#x8)
- He gave Wendy one of their combs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/#x9)

### note

The «b» is silent: say «kohm». Same silent b in «climb», «lamb», «thumb». Regular verb (combed, said «kohmd»). Don't share combs — head lice spread that way.

### In the corpora

- [Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.392/)
- [Owl wing feathers have comb-like front edges, soft fringes and a velvety surface that muffle the sound of flying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/8/)
- [A flamingo feeds with its head upside down in the water, filtering tiny food through comb-like edges of its bill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/94-parrots-flamingos-and-the-bird-of-prey-show/11/)
- [A fine comb gets head lice out, and clean hair gets lice just as easily as dirty hair.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/397-pests-mice-in-the-kitchen-cockroaches-clothes-moths-fleas-and-head-lice/17/)
- [A rubbed comb can pick up bits of paper and even bend a thin stream of tap water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/26-static-electricity-balloons-hair-and-sparks/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «comb» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comb/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.