(n): an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
(n): the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
(n): a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal
(n): any of several tools for straightening fibers
(n): an implement used in the practice of a vocation
(n): ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
(n): any flat platelike body structure or part
(n): the act of drawing a comb through hair
(n): care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair
(v): straighten with a comb
(v): make straight
(v): search thoroughly
(v): subject to a search
(v): smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
(v): care for one's external appearance
