English Explanatory Dictionary

comb out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To remove (something) by combing; to thoroughly comb (something); to thoroughly comb (something) so as to remove something else from it (such as tangles, dirt, or nits).
  2. To winnow; for example, to exempt (someone) from a military draft by filtering them out of the list.

Word forms

comb out combs out combing out combed out

Related words

comb through filter out sort out straighten out

Derived words

comb-out
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