"comb one's hair" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: combs one's hair [present, singular, third-person], combing one's hair [participle, present], combed one's hair [participle, past], combed one's hair [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} comb one's hair (third-person singular simple present combs one's hair, present participle combing one's hair, simple past and past participle combed one's hair)
  1. To straighten one's hair with a comb. (This entry is a translation hub.) Categories (topical): Hair Translations (to straighten one's hair with a comb): pentinar-se els cabells (Catalan), 梳頭髮 (Chinese Cantonese), 梳头发 (so¹ tau⁴ faat³) (Chinese Cantonese), 梳頭 (Chinese Cantonese), 梳头 (so¹ tau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 梳頭髮 (Chinese Mandarin), 梳头发 (shū tóufa, shū tóufǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 梳頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 梳头 (shūtóu) (Chinese Mandarin), česat se [imperfective] (Czech), učesat se [perfective] (Czech), kammata hiukset (Finnish), peigner ses cheveux (French), sich kämmen (German), Haare kämmen (German), fésülködik (Hungarian), megfésülködik (Hungarian), pettinarsi (Italian), 髪を解く (kami o toku) (alt: かみをとく) (Japanese), 머리를 빗다 (meorireul bitda) (Korean), pentear o cabelo (Portuguese), расчёсываться (rasčósyvatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), расчеса́ться (rasčesátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), причёсываться (pričósyvatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), причеса́ться (pričesátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), peinarse el pelo (Spanish), kamma sig (Swedish), kamma håret (Swedish), chải tóc (Vietnamese), chải đầu (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to straighten one's hair with a comb",
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      "sense": "to straighten one's hair with a comb",
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      "sense": "to straighten one's hair with a comb",
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      "sense": "to straighten one's hair with a comb",
      "word": "fésülködik"
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      "sense": "to straighten one's hair with a comb",
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      "sense": "to straighten one's hair with a comb",
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      "word": "髪を解く"
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