combing

Meaning of combing

verb
  1. (especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb.
    I need to comb my hair before we leave the house
  2. To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
  3. To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
    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.
noun
  1. The act by which something is combed.
    My hair needs frequent combings; otherwise, it gets matted.
  2. (in the plural) Individual hairs that drop out when the hair is combed.

Information about combing

  • The plural form of combing is: combings.
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Hyphenation of combing

comb-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • combing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

combing synonyms

Meaning comb:

comb

Words that rhyme with combing

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