COMB-OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does comb-out mean? 

• COMB-OUT (noun)
  The noun COMB-OUT has 2 senses:

1. the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

2. the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people

  Familiarity information: COMB-OUT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMB-OUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

comb-out; teasing

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the department got a good comb-out

Hypernyms ("comb-out" is a kind of...):

disposal; disposition (the act or means of getting rid of something)

Derivation:

comb out (remove unwanted elements)