combing
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Homophones: coaming
Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]combing
- present participle and gerund of comb
Noun
[edit]combing (plural combings)
- The act by which something is combed.
- My hair needs frequent combings; otherwise, it gets matted.
- (in the plural) Individual hairs that drop out when the hair is combed.
- 2011, Peter Manso, Reasonable Doubt:
- 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.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]combing (plural combings)
- Alternative spelling of coaming
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 194:
- I stole quietly to the combings of the hatchway, which was open, and we looked down into the 'tween decks.