To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
To groom with a toothed implement, especially 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.
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.
To try to find something; search (for).
To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.
To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
To shift up and down in order regularly.
To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
A pack of hunting dogs.
A hunting expedition.
An organization devoted to hunting, or the people belonging to it.
The act of hunting.