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comb

/koʊm/ verbe B2

En français : peigner, coiffer, passer au peigne fin, ratisser

  1. Especially of hair or fur, to groom with a toothed implement, especially a comb. (transitive)
  2. To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers. (transitive)
  3. To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb. (transitive) · Police combed the field for evidence after the assault.
  4. To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves. (intransitive)
  5. To turn a vessel parallel to (the track of) (a torpedo) so as to reduce one's size as a target. (transitive)

He/she/it combs · Prétérit combed · Participe passé combed · Forme en -ing combing

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
comb
He/she/it
combs
Prétérit
combed
Participe passé
combed
Forme en -ing
combing

Dans la bibliothèque

“He’s a fine looking fellow,” said another; “if he had only a comb and hair-grease, he’d take the shine off the gentlemen in white kids.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1037 · C1
Who would chirp you to sleep, or call for you the covey of answering birds?” The Birdcatcher spared his life, and determined to pick out a fine young Cock just attaining to his comb.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 45 · B2
Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 140 · B2
BRING the comb and play upon it!
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 6 · C1

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