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Meanings of combing in English
Portuguese
penteacao 
Usage of combing in English
1
There they were in thousands, combing his £10 million investment last weekend.
2
Naval vessels with searchlights joined military aircraft and helicopters combing the sea.
3
This week, we're combing through the fine details of the customs union.
4
Locals report having armed police combing their properties for hours last night.
5
Averan stopped combing, wondered if the green woman really understood the question.
6
Maybe I'll give Whinney a good combing with the dry teasel later.
7
All we need are cops combing the state, looking for cop killers.
8
The cooks and stewards, their hands on the combing, filled the fore-hatch.
9
And when the combing billows of drift passed, the apparition had faded.
10
Dozens of U.S. forensic experts are combing the bomb sites in Kampala.
11
Be quick, Sophie; and you, Charlotte, finish the combing of my hair.
12
And the elder ladies were combing their hair down over their ears.
13
The artwork depicts President Putin combing the hair of the prime minister.
14
For the past half-hour they have been combing that station for you.
15
Freeform locs are created by simply washing and not combing one's hair.
16
A vicious Canthorian predator, combing the island at this moment for prey.
About this term
Frequent collocations
Combing through the time
Combing across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common