comb vs do

comb

verb
  • To groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb. 

  • To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb. 

  • To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves. 

  • To turn a vessel parallel to (the track of) (a torpedo) so as to reduce one's size as a target. 

  • To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers. 

noun
  • A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place. 

  • A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis. 

  • A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth. 

  • A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest. 

  • A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser. 

  • The notched scale of a wire micrometer. 

  • An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter. 

  • The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached. 

  • A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre. 

  • The top part of a gun’s stock. 

  • The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings. 

  • A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave. 

  • The curling crest of a wave; a comber. 

  • A crest (of metal, leather, etc) on a piece of armor, especially on a helmet. 

  • A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb. 

  • One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions, with which they comb substrate. 

  • The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb. 

  • A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers. 

do

verb
  • To impersonate or depict. 

  • To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc. 

  • To suffice. 

  • To finish. 

  • To fare, perform (well or poorly). 

  • To have (as an effect). 

  • To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something). 

  • A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE. 

  • A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be. 

  • To take drugs. 

  • To exist with a purpose or for a reason. 

  • To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned. 

  • To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of. 

  • To be reasonable or acceptable. 

  • To have sex with. (See also do it) 

  • To have as one's job. 

  • To cook. 

  • To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate. 

  • To punish for a misdemeanor. 

  • To make or provide. 

  • A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods. 

  • To treat in a certain way. 

  • To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for. 

  • A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods. 

  • Let’s do New York also. 

  • To kill. 

  • To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note. 

  • To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time) 

  • To injure (one's own body part). 

  • To perform; to execute. 

  • To cheat or swindle. 

noun
  • A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale. 

  • A homicide. 

  • A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality. 

  • Something that can or should be done. 

num
  • The cardinal number occurring after el and before do one in a duodecimal system. Written 10, decimal value 12. 

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