Found 4 items, similar to Combing.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: comb
sisir
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: comb
penggaruk, sisir
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: combing
combing
n : the act of drawing a comb through hair;
“his hair needed a
comb” [syn:
comb]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Combing
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.
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Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright.
--Shak.
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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.
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Note: The process of combing is used in straightening wool of
long staple; short wool is carded.
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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.
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The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of
their hair is supplied by borders and combings.
--Jer. Taylor.
(c) (Naut.) See
Coamings.
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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.
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