The Clue
Parting need? (4 letter answer)
The Answer
COMB
Tags
Notes
The answer COMB is common and appears about once every 300 puzzles.
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Definition
COMB as a noun:
1. a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
2. (comb, cockscomb, coxcomb) = the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
3. a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl
4. any of several tools for straightening fibers
5. ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
6. (comb, combing) = the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb"
COMB as a verb:
1. straighten with a comb; "comb your hair"
2. (comb, ransack) = search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"
3. (comb, comb out, disentangle) = smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"