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combing en · NOUN · etymology 1

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1. The act by which something is combed.
   • My hair needs frequent combings; otherwise, it gets matted.
2. (in-plural) Individual hairs that drop out when the hair is combed.
   • Weiner had prepared a rape test kit, taking swabs and smears orally, rectally, vaginally, anorectally, and paravaginally. He'd also collected blood, head and pubic hair combings, and left and right fingernail clippings. 2011, Peter Manso, Reasonable Doubt:

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bicombing · woolcombing · beachcombing

Translations (2)

es peinadura (the act by which something is combed) · es peinada (the act by which something is combed)

combing en · VERB · etymology 1

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1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of comb
   form of comb

combing en · NOUN · etymology 2

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of coaming.
   alt of coaming
   • I stole quietly to the combings of the hatchway, which was open, and we looked down into the 'tween decks. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 194:

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