combing

The act by which something is combed.

Noun

  1. The act by which something is combed.
    • My hair needs frequent combings; otherwise, it gets matted.
  2. Individual hairs that drop out when the hair is combed.
    • Weiner had prepared a rape test kit, taking swabs and smears orally, rectally, vaginally, anorectally, and paravaginally. He'd also collected blood, head and pubic hair combings, and left and right fingernail clippings....

Forms

combings

Derived

beachcombing bicombing woolcombing

Noun alt of, alternative

  1. Alternative spelling of coaming.
    • I stole quietly to the combings of the hatchway, which was open, and we looked down into the 'tween decks. - 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia,...

Forms

combings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of comb