| comb | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. comb | a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair. |
| ~ currycomb | a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| ~ fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together. |
| ~ pocket comb, pocketcomb | a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket. |
| ~ tooth | something resembling the tooth of an animal. |
| n. (animal) | 2. cockscomb, comb, coxcomb | the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds. |
| ~ crest | a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal. |
| ~ gallinacean, gallinaceous bird | heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. comb | any of several tools for straightening fibers. |
| ~ hatchel, heckle | a comb for separating flax fibers. |
| ~ tool | an implement used in the practice of a vocation. |
| ~ tooth | something resembling the tooth of an animal. |
| n. (animal) | 4. comb | ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore. |
| ~ comb jelly, ctenophore | biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb. |
| ~ plate | any flat platelike body structure or part. |
| n. (act) | 5. comb, combing | the act of drawing a comb through hair.; "his hair needed a comb" |
| ~ comb-out, teasing | the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb. |
| ~ hair care, haircare, hairdressing | care for the hair: the activity of washing or cutting or curling or arranging the hair. |
| v. (contact) | 6. comb | straighten with a comb.; "comb your hair" |
| ~ roach | comb (hair) into a roach. |
| ~ straighten, straighten out | make straight. |
| ~ currycomb | clean (a horse) with a currycomb. |
| ~ hackle, hatchel, heckle | comb with a heckle.; "heckle hemp or flax" |
| v. (contact) | 7. comb, ransack | search thoroughly.; "They combed the area for the missing child" |
| ~ search | subject to a search.; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys" |
| v. (body) | 8. comb, comb out, disentangle | smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb.; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool" |
| ~ sleek down, slick down, slick | give a smooth and glossy appearance.; "slick one's hair" |
| ~ fluff, tease | ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect. |
| ~ neaten, groom | care for one's external appearance.; "He is always well-groomed" |
| drag | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. drag, retarding force | the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid. |
| ~ resistance | any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion. |
| ~ sonic barrier, sound barrier | the increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches the speed of sound. |
| ~ windage | the retarding force of air friction on a moving object. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. drag | something that slows or delays progress.; "taxation is a drag on the economy"; "too many laws are a drag on the use of new land" |
| ~ deterrent, hinderance, hindrance, impediment, balk, baulk, handicap, check | something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. drag | something tedious and boring.; "peeling potatoes is a drag" |
| ~ tediousness, tiresomeness, tedium | dullness owing to length or slowness. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. drag | clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man).; "he went to the party dressed in drag"; "the waitresses looked like missionaries in drag" |
| ~ article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wearable, vesture, wear | a covering designed to be worn on a person's body. |
| n. (act) | 5. drag, puff, pull | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke).; "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" |
| ~ smoking, smoke | the act of smoking tobacco or other substances.; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks" |
| ~ breathing in, inhalation, intake, aspiration, inspiration | the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing. |
| ~ toke | a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette.; "the boys took a few tokes on a joint" |
| n. (act) | 6. drag | the act of dragging (pulling with force).; "the drag up the hill exhausted him" |
| ~ pull, pulling | the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward or with you.; "the pull up the hill had him breathing harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back" |
| v. (contact) | 7. drag | pull, as against a resistance.; "He dragged the big suitcase behind him"; "These worries were dragging at him" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ pull along, schlep, shlep | pull along heavily, like a heavy load against a resistance.; "Can you shlep this bag of potatoes upstairs?"; "She pulled along a large trunk" |
| ~ trail, train | drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground.; "The toddler was trailing his pants"; "She trained her long scarf behind her" |
| v. (contact) | 8. cart, drag, hale, haul | draw slowly or heavily.; "haul stones"; "haul nets" |
| ~ draw, pull, force | cause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled" |
| ~ bouse, bowse | haul with a tackle. |
| v. (stative) | 9. drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle | force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action.; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" |
| ~ involve | engage as a participant.; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" |
| v. (motion) | 10. drag | move slowly and as if with great effort. |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| v. (motion) | 11. drag, drop back, drop behind, get behind, hang back, trail | to lag or linger behind.; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging" |
| ~ lag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle | hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.. |
| v. (consumption) | 12. drag, draw, puff | suck in or take (air).; "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" |
| ~ breathe in, inhale, inspire | draw in (air).; "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well" |
| ~ smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes.; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" |
| v. (motion) | 13. drag | use a computer mouse to move icons on the screen and select commands from a menu.; "drag this icon to the lower right hand corner of the screen" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (motion) | 14. drag, scuff | walk without lifting the feet. |
| ~ scuffle, shamble, shuffle | walk by dragging one's feet.; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" |
| v. (contact) | 15. drag, dredge | search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost. |
| ~ look for, search, seek | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" |
| v. (communication) | 16. drag | persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting.; "He dragged me away from the television set" |
| ~ persuade | cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm.; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" |
| v. (change) | 17. drag, drag on, drag out | proceed for an extended period of time.; "The speech dragged on for two hours" |
| ~ proceed, go | follow a certain course.; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" |
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