comb

Everyday

1. A comb is a flat strip with a row of thin teeth used to tidy your hair. tree →
2. To comb your hair is to make it neat with a comb. tree →
3. To comb a place is to search it very carefully. tree →
4. A comb is the red crest on a rooster's head; a honeycomb is the wax cells bees make. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and hygiene, pupils comb their hair; a nit comb finds head lice. In stories police comb the woods for a missing child. In science lessons bees store honey in a honeycomb. Phrases: comb your hair, nit comb, comb through, fine-tooth comb, honeycomb.

Examples

• Comb your hair before school. tree →
• I lost my comb. tree →
• Mum used a nit comb to check for lice. tree →
• The police combed the park for clues. tree →
• We combed the beach for shells. tree →
• A rooster has a red comb on its head. tree →
• Bees keep honey in a honeycomb. tree →
• He gave Wendy one of their combs. tree →

Note

The «b» is silent: say «kohm». Same silent b in «climb», «lamb», «thumb». Regular verb (combed, said «kohmd»). Don't share combs — head lice spread that way.

In Jewish tradition

In Isaiah "combed flax" means flax cleaned and straightened with a comb before it is spun into linen thread. In the primary lessons: In everyday life and hygiene, pupils comb their hair; a nit comb finds head lice. In stories police comb the woods for a missing child. In science lessons bees store honey in a honeycomb. Phrases: comb your hair, nit comb, comb through, fine-tooth comb, honeycomb.

Examples

• Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed. (Prophets ISA.19.9, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

The «b» is silent: say «kohm». Same silent b in «climb», «lamb», «thumb». Regular verb (combed, said «kohmd»). Don't share combs — head lice spread that way.