comb

peigne

Petit outil muni d’une rangée de dents, utilisé pour arranger les cheveux.

En anglais simple : 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?

Expressions courantes : hair comb, plastic comb, comb teeth

crête

Partie molle, souvent rouge, sur la tête de certains oiseaux, notamment les poules et les coqs.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : crest

Expressions courantes : red comb, rooster comb, comb shape

peigner

Mettre les cheveux ou les poils en ordre avec un peigne.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : comb something out of something (She combed the knots out of his hair.)

Expressions courantes : comb your hair, comb a beard, comb out tangles

fouiller, passer au peigne fin

Fouiller un lieu ou examiner des documents très attentivement pour trouver quelque chose.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : comb something for someone/something (They combed the forest for the lost dog.); comb through something (I combed through the files for the receipt.)

Synonymes : search, scour

Expressions courantes : comb an area, comb through something, comb for something, comb a field