combed in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for combed in the English»French Dictionary

I.comb [Brit kəʊm, Am koʊm] N

1. comb (for hair):

comb

peigne m

to run a comb through one's hair, to give one's hair a (quick) comb

se donner un coup de peigne

2. comb TEXTIL:

comb

carde f

3. comb (honeycomb):

comb

rayon m

4. comb (cock's crest):

comb

crête f

II.comb [Brit kəʊm, Am koʊm] VB trans

1. comb:

to comb sb's hair

peigner qn

to comb one's hair

se peigner

2. comb (search):

to comb a place (looking) for sth

passer un lieu au peigne fin à la recherche de qc

3. comb TEXTIL:

comb wool, textile

carder

curry comb N

curry comb

étrille f

I.comb out VB [Brit kəʊm -, Am koʊm -] (comb out [sth], comb [sth] out)

comb out knots, hair:

comb out

démêler

to comb fleas/lice out of a dog

épucer/épouiller un chien

I.comb through VB [Brit kəʊm -, Am koʊm -] (comb through [sth])

comb through book, article:

comb through

passer [qc] au peigne fin (for sth, looking for sth à la recherche de qc)

fine-tooth comb, fine-toothed comb [Brit, Am ˈˌfaɪn ˌtuθ ˈˌkoʊm] N

fine-tooth comb

peigne m fin

to go over or through sth with a fine-tooth comb

passer qc au peigne fin

Translations for combed in the French»English Dictionary

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peigné (peignée) fil

combed

bien peignés

neatly combed

(ruban) le peigné

combed slivers pl

démêloir

wide-toothed comb

peigne

comb

se donner un coup de peigne

to run a comb through one's hair

peigne

graining comb

peigne africain

Afro comb Brit

peigne à poux

fine-tooth comb (for headlice)

passer qc au peigne fin

to go over ou through sth with a fine-tooth comb

crête (de volaille)

comb

peigner

to comb

se peigner

to comb one's hair

combed in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for combed in the English»French Dictionary

I.comb [kəʊm, Am koʊm] N

1. comb (hair device):

comb

peigne m

2. comb ZOOL → cockscomb

II.comb [kəʊm, Am koʊm] VB trans

1. comb (tidy with a comb):

to comb one's hair

se peigner

2. comb (search):

comb

chercher minutieusement

comb book

décortiquer

to comb an apartment for clues

passer l'appartement au peigne fin

See also cockscomb

cockscomb [ˈkɒkskəʊm, Am ˈkɑ:kskoʊm] N ZOOL

cockscomb

crête f de coq

fine-tooth comb N

to go through sth with a fine-tooth comb

passer qc au peigne fin

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

tooth of a comb/saw

dent de peigne/scie

to go through sth with a fine-tooth comb

passer qc au peigne fin

Translations for combed in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

peigner

to comb

peigner qn

to comb sb's hair

se peigner

to comb one's hair

démêloir

wide-toothed comb

peigne

comb

peigne fin

fine-tooth comb

peigne à manche/de poche

tail/pocket comb

se donner un coup de peigne

to run a comb through one's hair

passer au peigne fin livre, témoignage

to go over with a fine-tooth comb

passer au peigne fin région

to comb

crête (de coq)

comb

passer une région au tamis

to comb a region

passer qc au crible

to go through sth with a fine-tooth comb

ratisser

to comb

combed Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to run a comb through one's hair

se passer un coup de peigne

tooth of a comb/saw

dent de peigne/scie

to go through sth with a fine-tooth comb

passer qc au peigne fin

to go through sth with a fine-tooth comb

passer qc au peigne fin

to comb one's hair

se peigner

to comb an apartment for clues

passer l'appartement au peigne fin

to give one's hair a quick comb

se donner un coup de peigne

to go through sth with a fine-tooth comb

passer qc au crible

to run a comb through one's hair

se donner un coup de peigne

to go over with a fine-tooth comb

passer au peigne fin livre, témoignage

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He was blue-eyed and keen-eyed and ruddy-cheeked with thick lustrous hair, blond and well-combed.

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These combed-up hair extensions were often very heavy, weighted down with pomades, powders, and other ornamentation.

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He finds the inhabitants often very handsome, as they are tall with aquiline noses and heads of carefully combed frizzly hair.

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Scholars were expected to be at least six years old, free of any contagious distemper and to arrive washed and combed.

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When combed against the grain of the hair, the hair in the center of the cowlick will stand up straight.

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Males have moderate tufts of hair on the knee joint, and their manes are not full but look like combed backwards.

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These spigots produce extremely fine fibers which are combed out by the spider's calamistrum, producing silk with a wooly texture.

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On specific occasions (such as a formal), the hair may be blow-dried and combed in one direction.

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The dry stems were combed with a loop of willow to draw out the fiber just beneath the very thin outer skin.

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For three years she was joined by relatives who together combed the most likely areas with a metal detector.

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