Synonyms for Comb (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds):
cockscomb, coxcomb
WordNet sense 2 (search thoroughly):
ransack
WordNet sense 3 (the act of drawing a comb through hair):
combing
WordNet sense 4 (smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb):
disentangle, comb out
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