comb

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A toothed implement:
2. A toothed implement:
3. A toothed implement:
4. A toothed implement:
5. A toothed implement:
6. A toothed implement:
7. A toothed implement:
8. A toothed implement:
9. A toothed implement:
10. A crest:
11. (broadly) A crest:
12. A crest:
13. A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
14. The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
15. A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
16. An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
17. The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
18. A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that each intersect the handle in a single point that is unequal to the unique point of intersection for any of the other teeth.
19. (Cornwall, obsolete) A kind of vertical plate in a lode.

Verb

1. (especially, transitive) To groom with a toothed implement, especially 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. (intransitive) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
5. (transitive) To turn a vessel parallel to (the track of) (a torpedo) so as to reduce one's size as a target.

Konzepte

Kamm

kämmen

durchkämmen

Wabe

Weberkamm

Bienenwabe

auftrennen

ausmachen

Bergkamm

beschimpfen

Federschopf

Gräben

Grat

Gräte

Grenzlinie

Haarklammer

Haarspange

Honigwabe

Kämme

Kante

Litze

losziehen

Oberläufer

Rand

rügen

schelten

Schiffchen

schimpfen

Schmalseite

Schneide

Spule

striegeln

aufknoten

geradekämmen

Ziehklinge

zusammenscheißen

giften

anscheißen

hunzen

flegeln

-en

Kamm ''m'' -s

Graben -s

Schlucht -

betakeln

mit Schimpfnamen belegen

bengeln

schmälen

ausfensterln

aaßen

Synonyme

crest

brush

honeycomb

reed

curry

🍛

ridge

rummage

ransack

comb out

combing

currycomb

untangle

disentangle

card

rake

coxcomb

hairbrush

hackle

combination

cockscomb

abuse

scour

dress

👗

beehive

scold

plait

hunt

search

hatchel

tease

coiffure

brow

coif

broom

🧹

berate

clobber

chide

bring up

chastise

caruncle

bobbin

beeswax

bawl out

drag

do

disentangles

drub

edge

ferret

cap

Übersetzungen

peigne

peine

peigner

peinar

pettine

kam

pettinare

pente

crête

χτένα

tarak

pentinar

pinta

χτενίζω

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/kəʊm/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: comb

Geerbt von Altenglisch: camb

Verwandt mit Saterfriesisch: Koum

Verwandt mit Norwegisch: kam

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Kamm

Verwandt mit Tokharian B: keme

Verwandt mit Litauisch: žam̃bas

Verwandt mit Kirchenslawisch: зѫбъ

Verwandt mit Albanisch: dhëmb

Verwandt mit Altgriechisch: γομφίος

Verwandt mit Sanskrit: जम्भ

In summary

From Middle English comb, from Old English camb (“comb”), from Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz (“comb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth”), a doublet of cam. The verb is derived from the noun and displaced the older verb kemb.
Cognates
Compare Saterland Frisian Koum, Swedish/Dutch kam, Danish kam, Norwegian kam, German Kamm; also Tocharian B keme, Lithuanian žam̃bas (“sharp edge”), Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), Albanian dhëmb, Ancient Greek γομφίος (gomphíos, “backtooth, molar”), Sanskrit जम्भ (jambha)).