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COMB-OUT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people
Example:
the department got a good comb-out
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("comb-out" is a kind of...):
disposal; disposition (the act or means of getting rid of something)
Derivation:
comb out (remove unwanted elements)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
Synonyms:
comb-out; teasing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("comb-out" is a kind of...):
comb; combing (the act of drawing a comb through hair)
Derivation:
comb out (smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb)
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