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What is the verb for combed?

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comb
  1. (transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb.
  2. (transitive) To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
  3. (transitive) To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
  4. (nautical, intransitive) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. groom, untangle, arrange, disentangle, dress, straighten, curry, neaten, rake, tidy, adjust, smooth, sort, unsnarl, smooth out, run through, get knots out of, search, scour, rummage, hunt, forage, ransack, rifle, fossick, dredge, explore, probe, troll, sift, grub, examine, investigate, scrutinise, scrutinize, sweep, finecomb, inspect, screen, hunt through, go through, dig through, sort through, turn upside down, fossick through, turn over, ferret about in, look through, turn inside out … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “His hair was neatly combed back, and he held an umbrella over his head.”
      “The Commissioner, however, spent the time engaging an army of investigators to comb through union records.”
      “The fibres damaged the skin on the women's hands if their job was to comb the flax by hand.”
combing
  1. present participle of comb
  2. Synonyms:
      3. 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, putting in order, shaping, prinking, tidying up, washing, drying, cutting, preparing, rubbing, getting ready, smartening, rubbing down, teasing, backcombing, titivating, making tidy, making neat, searching, scouring, rummaging … more
combeth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of comb
combest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of comb
combed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of comb
  2. Synonyms:
      3. groomed, untangled, arranged, disentangled, dressed, drest, straightened, curried, neatened, raked, tidied, adjusted, smoothed, sorted, unsnarled, smoothed out, ran through, run through, got knots out of, gotten knots out of, brushed, styled, primped, preened, coiffed, set, fixt, fixed, put in order, coifed, done, did, made, cut, beautified, combed out, smartened, shaped, titivated, rubbed, prinked, made tidy, made neat, dried, washed, rubbed down, did up, done up, prepared, got ready … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I remember that Jason wore his longish blonde hair combed over to one side.”
      “He picked up his blazer to hide his wrinkled dress shirt, and quickly combed his fingers through his hair.”
      “Then I quickly washed, dressed, combed my hair, and used cosmetics on my face.”
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