| Main Entry: | comb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange hair |
Synonyms: |
adjust, card, cleanse, curry, disentangle, dress, groom, hackle, hatchel, lay smooth, rasp, scrape, separate, smooth, sort, straighten, tease, untangle |
| Main Entry: | comb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search by ransacking |
Synonyms: |
beat, beat the bushes, examine, finecomb, forage, go through with fine-tooth comb, grub, hunt, inspect, investigate, leave no stone unturned, look high and low, probe, rake, ransack, rummage, scour, screen, scrutinize, search high heaven, sift, sweep, turn inside out, turn upside down |
| Main Entry: | crest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | topknot on head of animal |
Synonyms: |
aigrette, caruncle, chine, cockscomb, comb, crown, feather, hogback, mane, panache, plume, ridge, tassel, tuft |
| Notes: | a wave's foamy top is its crest; spray blown up from wave tops is spindrift |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically prepare; groom |
Synonyms: |
adjust, align, arrange, comb, decorate, dispose, do up, fit, make ready, ornament, set, straighten, trim |
Antonyms: |
disarray, mess up, rumple, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | forage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search madly for |
Synonyms: |
beat, cast about, comb, explore, fine-tooth-comb, grub, hunt, pilfer, plunder, raid, rake, ransack, ravage, rummage, scour, scrounge, seek |
| Main Entry: | groom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready, prepare physically |
Synonyms: |
brush, clean, coach, comb, curry, dress, drill, educate, lick into shape, make attractive, make presentable, nurture, preen, prep, pretty up, prim, prime, primp, put through grind, put through mill, ready, refine, refresh, rub down, shape up, sleek, slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce up, tend, tidy, train, turn out |
Antonyms: |
forget, ignore |
| Main Entry: | grub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig, uncover |
Synonyms: |
beat, break, burrow, clean, clear, comb, delve, excavate, ferret, fine-tooth-comb, forage, hunt, poke, prepare, probe, pull up, rake, ransack, root, rummage, scour, search, shovel, spade, unearth, uproot |
Antonyms: |
cover, hide |
| Main Entry: | rake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scrape up, hoe |
Synonyms: |
break up, clean up, clear, clear up, collect, comb, enfilade, examine, fine-comb, fine-tooth-comb, gather, grade, graze, grub, harrow, hunt, ransack, rasp, remove, rummage, scan, scour, scrape, scratch, scrutinize, search, smooth, sweep, weed |
| Main Entry: | ransack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn inside out in search; ravage |
Synonyms: |
appropriate, comb, despoil, explore, ferret, filch, go over with a fine-tooth comb, go through, gut, hunt, investigate, lay waste, leave no stone unturned, lift, look all over for, look high and low, look into, loot, make off with, maraud, overhaul, peer, pilfer, pillage, pinch, plunder, poach, probe, pry, purloin, raid, rake, rape, ravish, rifle, rob, rummage, rustle, sack, scan, scour, scrutinize, search, seek, seize, shake down, sound, spoil, spy, steal, strip, take away, thieve |
Antonyms: |
care for, clean, neaten, tidy |
| Main Entry: | rummage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ransack, search |
Synonyms: |
beat the bushes, comb, delve, dig out, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, examine, explore, ferret out, fish, forage, grub, hunt, jumble, leave no stone unturned, look high and low, mess up, mix up, poke, rake, root, scour, search high heaven, seek, shake, shake down, spy, toss, turn inside out, turn upside down |
Antonyms: |
order, organize |