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Meanings of combed in English

(Of hair) made tidy with a comb.

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Examples for "uncombed"
Examples for "uncombed"
1
He couldn't imagine her looking anything but terrific, even with uncombed hair.
Toxic bachelors
2
Paw cackled nervously at last, clawing gravel out of his uncombed beard.
The Trail of the White Mule
3
His fair, long hair was uncombed, and even entangled with his exertions.
La Vendée
4
Her yellow hair hung down uncombed, unbraided around her sad, pale face.
Stories from the Ballads, Told to the Children
5
Nuttall was wearing a loose red T-shirt, his longish brown hair uncombed.
Reuters
Usage of combed in English
1
We separated and combed the ridge lines to our right and left.
White Hunter, Black Heart
2
We combed through thousands of deals to bring you our favorite picks.
Wired
3
After the fighting, armed men combed central Tripoli looking for Misratan fighters.
Reuters
4
The men combed through rainfall figures for the area in 1930 upwards.
The South African
5
In some places the cliffs were literally honey-combed with these little habitations.
The Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished Races
6
His black hair was carefully combed; his face was square and unsmiling.
O+F
7
Without results, he combed the castle for magic that might conceal it.
Ilse Witch
8
It was possible her hair hadn't been brushed or combed in weeks.
Heart-shaped box
9
Acting on a tip, they combed the North Point neighborhood in Baltimore.
The other wes moore: one name, two fates
10
The orderly had just washed his face and combed his grey hair.
The New Book of Martyrs
11
Herman cheerily combed his red beard and scoffed at his late opponent.
The Wrong Twin
12
His best leather shoes had been shined; his hair was neatly combed.
Country driving: a journey through china from farm to factory
13
The way she combed my hair for me at this was curious.
The Two Wives; Or, Lost and Won
14
By now his hair was almost dry and he finger-combed it spikey.
A Grandpa's Notebook / Ideas, Models, Stories and Memoirs to Enc...
15
The dwarf grunted and combed his thick, tousled hair with his fingers.
In Apple-Blossom Time: A Fairy-Tale to Date
16
His hair, which normally stood on end, was combed into rare order.
Firewall
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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