comb

peine

Utensilio pequeño con una fila de dientes que sirve para ordenar el cabello.

En inglés sencillo: A small tool with a row of teeth, used to make hair neat.

• I need a comb for my hair.
• She keeps two combs beside the mirror.
• Did you put my comb in your pocket?

Expresiones frecuentes: hair comb, plastic comb, comb teeth

cresta

Parte blanda, normalmente roja, que crece sobre la cabeza de algunas aves, especialmente gallinas y gallos.

En inglés sencillo: The soft, often red part growing on top of the head of certain birds, especially chickens.

• The rooster has a red comb.
• This breed has a small comb on its head.
• The farmer checked the hens’ combs for signs of illness.

Sinónimos: crest

Expresiones frecuentes: red comb, rooster comb, comb shape

peinar

Ordenar el cabello o el pelo de un animal con un peine.

En inglés sencillo: To make hair or fur neat using a tool with a row of teeth.

• I comb my hair every morning.
• She washed and combed the dog’s fur.
• Can you comb these tangles out of my hair?

Cómo se usa: comb something out of something (She combed the knots out of his hair.)

Expresiones frecuentes: comb your hair, comb a beard, comb out tangles

rastrear, registrar

Buscar algo examinando un lugar o material con mucho cuidado y detalle.

En inglés sencillo: To search a place or examine material very carefully to find something.

• Police combed the beach.
• She combed through the records for his name.
• Volunteers are combing the hills for the missing child.

Cómo se usa: comb something for someone/something (They combed the forest for the lost dog.); comb through something (I combed through the files for the receipt.)

Sinónimos: search, scour

Expresiones frecuentes: comb an area, comb through something, comb for something, comb a field