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Verb
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Present participle for to untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it
grooming
untangling
arranging
disentangling
dressing
straightening
currying
neatening
raking
tidying
adjusting
smoothing
sorting
unsnarling
smoothing out
running through
getting knots out of
brushing
styling
preening
primping
coiffing
doing
fixing
coifing
making
setting
doing up
beautifying
combing out
more ❯
“His hair was neatly combed back, and he held an umbrella over his head.”
Verb
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Present participle for to search carefully and systematically
searching
scouring
rummaging
hunting
foraging
ransacking
rifling
raking
fossicking
dredging
exploring
probing
trolling
sifting
grubbing
examining
investigating
scrutinisingUK
scrutinizingUS
sweeping
finecombing
inspecting
screening
hunting through
going through
digging through
sorting through
turning upside down
fossicking through
turning over
ferreting about in
looking through
turning inside out
rummaging through
ferreting around in
rooting about in
rooting around in
ferreting in
looking high and low
sifting through
scrabbling around in
poking around in
rifling through
fishing about in
leaving no stone unturned
scrabbling about in
digging in
rummaging around in
fishing around in
grubbing about in
delving in
looking around in
rootling around in
rousting around in
foraging through
rummaging about in
rummaging in
leaving no stone unturned in
poking about in
rummaging round in
grubbing around in
beating the bushes
searching high heaven
going over
going through with fine-tooth comb
going through with a fine-tooth comb
more ❯
“The Commissioner, however, spent the time engaging an army of investigators to comb through union records.”
Verb
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Present participle for to groom or untangle by using a narrow-toothed implement
brushing
carding
hackling
hatchelling
hatcheling
separating
smoothing
straightening
styling
teasing
teaselling
teaseling
teazling
“The fibres damaged the skin on the women's hands if their job was to comb the flax by hand.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to hunt or search for in a place or area
foraging
searching
rummaging
hunting
scouring
fossicking
ransacking
seeking
ferreting
exploring
looking
grubbing
scavenging
scrounging
ferrets about
casting about
looking high and low
casting around
ferreting around
rummaging around
rooting about
casting round
looking for
scratching about
rooting around
rummaging about
scratching around
nosing around
rummaging round
looking around
fine-tooth-combing
rootling around
hunting around
looking about
looking round
nosing about
nosing round
scrounging around
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to examine something with great care
scrutinisingUK
scrutinizingUS
examining
inspecting
investigating
studying
probing
exploring
reviewing
analyzingUS
analysingUK
researching
scanning
surveying
checking
viewing
considering
searching
auditing
sifting
dissecting
eyeballing
perusing
casing
conning
overlooking
contemplating
canvassing
scoping
overseeing
weighing
digging
watching
penetrating
perlustrating
piercing
candling
staring
pegging
smoking
checking out
looking over
going over
enquiring into
poring over
checking over
inquiring into
working over
examining closely
going over with a fine-tooth comb
putting under a microscope
getting a load of
examining carefully
burning up
taking the measure of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make small improvements to one's appearance
titivating
preening
grooming
primping
beautifying
brushing
prinking
prettying
freshening
dolling up
dressing up
freshening up
prinking up
making up
smartening
tidying
pluming
trigging
spiffing
smartening up
tarting up
gussying up
sprucing up
figging up
trigging up
slicking
decking out
fixing up
putting on your best bib and tucker
putting on your gladrags
getting dressed up
prettifying
preparing
sprucing
trigging oneself
pluming oneself
preening oneself
grooming oneself
freshening oneself up
prinking oneself
prettying oneself
titivating oneself
fussing over
tarting oneself up
sprucing oneself up
beautifying oneself
primping oneself
arranging
trimming
smoothing
tidying oneself
tidying up
doing oneself up
arraying
adorning
decorating
embellishing
enhancing
making oneself smart
smartening oneself
improving
embroidering
sweetening
candying
glossing
jazzing up
gingering up
spiffing up
touching up
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pick or select from a larger group
sorting
culling
sifting
choosing
selecting
extracting
filtering
screening
separating
winnowing
sieving
picking out
Noun
▲
An instance of searching or surveying a place
search
exploration
check
examination
forage
investigation
look
reconnaissance
hunt
inspection
probe
sweep
comb
glance
observation
recce
scrutiny
survey
going-over
once-over
discovery
scan
reconnoiterUS
reconnoitreUK
recon
scouting
expedition
patrol
reconnoitringUK
surveillance
shufti
scout
reconnoiteringUS
rummage
lookout
watch
trawl
preliminary survey
scouting out
spying out
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