[kohm] 
| 1. | a toothed strip of plastic, hard rubber, bone, wood, or metal, used for arranging the hair, untangling it, or holding it in place. |
| 2. | a currycomb. |
| 3. | any comblike instrument, object, or formation. |
| 4. | the fleshy, more or less serrated outgrowth on the head of certain gallinaceous birds, esp. the domestic fowl. |
| 5. | something resembling or suggesting this, as the crest of a wave. |
| 6. | a honeycomb, or any similar group of cells. |
| 7. | a machine for separating choice cotton or wool fibers from noil. |
| 8. | a comblike instrument for imparting a grainlike finish to a painted surface. |
| 9. | Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a ridge of a roof. |
| 10. | a series of springlike prongs projecting from a spine, usually of plastic, for making a loose-leaf binding. |
| 11. | a trowel having a notched edge for applying adhesives in setting tiles or the like. |
| 12. | Armor. a ridge along the top of a helmet, esp. of the morion. |
| 13. | Masonry. drag (def. 30). |
| 14. | the upper edge of the buttstock of a rifle or shotgun. |
| 15. | to arrange or adorn (the hair) with a comb. |
| 16. | to use (something) in the manner of a comb: She was slowly combing her fingers through her hair. |
| 17. | to remove (anything undesirable) with or as if with a comb: She combed the snarls out of her hair. They combed the cowards from the group. |
| 18. | to search everywhere in: He combed the files for the missing letter. |
| 19. | to separate (textile fibers) with a comb. |
| 20. | to scrape with or as with a comb. |
| 21. | to sweep across; rake: High winds combed the seacoast. |
| 22. | to roll over or break at the crest, as a wave. |
