Gratis ordbok - engelska svenska tyska lexikon

Definitioner

Substantiv

1. A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
2. (abbreviation) Combination.
3. A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
4. A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
5. A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
6. An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
7. The top part of a gun’s stock.
8. The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
9. (music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
10. A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
11. A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
12. The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
13. The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
14. One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions.
15. The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
16. A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
17. (weaving) A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.

Verb

1. (transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb.
2. (transitive) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
3. (transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
4. (nautical, intransitive) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.