"comb through" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "combs through",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "combing through",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "combed through",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "combed through",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "comb through (third-person singular simple present combs through, present participle combing through, simple past and past participle combed through)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (through)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 October 11, Emma Graham-Harrison, “Hamas gunmen ‘killed families in their beds’ at Kfar Aza kibbutz, say Israeli forces”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Israeli soldiers who combed slowly through the village on Tuesday warned visiting journalists to stay out of homes that had not been cleared, warning they could be booby-trapped with explosives.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To examine scrupulously."
      ],
      "id": "en-comb_through-en-verb-XVM557bz",
      "links": [
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ],
        [
          "scrupulously",
          "scrupulously"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To examine scrupulously."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fine-tooth comb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "comb through"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "combs through",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "combing through",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "combed through",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "combed through",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "comb through (third-person singular simple present combs through, present participle combing through, simple past and past participle combed through)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (through)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 October 11, Emma Graham-Harrison, “Hamas gunmen ‘killed families in their beds’ at Kfar Aza kibbutz, say Israeli forces”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "Israeli soldiers who combed slowly through the village on Tuesday warned visiting journalists to stay out of homes that had not been cleared, warning they could be booby-trapped with explosives.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To examine scrupulously."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ],
        [
          "scrupulously",
          "scrupulously"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To examine scrupulously."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fine-tooth comb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "comb through"
}