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comb: the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb"; the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds; ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore; a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair; any of several tools for straightening fibers; a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl; smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"; search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"; straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"

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ratchet collapse: mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction; move by degrees in one direction only; "a ratcheting lopping tool"

sprocket collapse: thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain; roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through

hackle collapse: long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants

horseback collapse: the back of a horse; on the back of a horse; "he rode horseback to town"; "managed to escape ahorse"; "policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback"

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broom collapse: a cleaning implement for sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle; any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers; finish with a broom

cog collapse: tooth on the rim of gear wheel; a subordinate who performs an important but routine function; "he was a small cog in a large machine"; join pieces of wood with cogs; roll steel ingots

sorghum collapse: made from juice of sweet sorghum; economically important Old World tropical cereal grass

cyclamates collapse

saccharin collapse: a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener

ransack collapse

nectar collapse: fruit juice especially when undiluted; a sweet liquid secretion that is attractive to pollinators

whitecaps collapse

sweetening collapse: the act of adding a sweetener to food; something added to foods to make them taste sweeter

steeple collapse: a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top

heckle collapse: challenge aggressively; comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"

chine collapse: backbone of an animal; cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone; cut through the backbone of an animal

cleaning collapse: the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"

leave no stone unturned collapse: search thoroughly and exhaustively; "The police left no stone unturned in looking for the President's murderer"

tsunami collapse: a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption; "a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes"

ground swell collapse: a broad and deep undulation of the ocean; an obvious change of public opinion or political sentiment that occurs without leadership or overt expression; "there was a ground swell of antiwar sentiment"

rummage collapse: a jumble of things to be given away; search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers"

shake down collapse

undulate collapse: having a wavy margin and rippled surface; increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated"

surf collapse: waves breaking on the shore; switch channels, on television

crag collapse: a steep rugged rock or cliff

col collapse: a pass between mountain peaks

fang collapse: hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison; canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey; a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon

riffle collapse: shuffling by splitting the pack and interweaving the two halves at their corners; shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix

treacle collapse: an expression that is excessively sweet and sentimental; a pale cane syrup

billow collapse: a large sea wave; rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward"; rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky"; move with great difficulty; "The soldiers billowed across the muddy riverbed"

sweetener collapse

scend collapse: rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged"

valley collapse: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

jag collapse: a bout of drinking or drug taking; a flap along the edge of a garment; used in medieval clothing; a slit in a garment that exposes material of a different color underneath; used in Renaissance clothing; a sharp projection on an edge or surface; "he clutched a jag of the rock"; cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge

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hassock collapse: a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church)

molasses collapse: thick dark syrup produced by boiling down juice from sugar cane; especially during sugar refining

curry collapse: (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice; treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"; season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking

breaker collapse: a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone

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