Crossword-Solution: COMBING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Combing | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Comb |
| Combing | n. | The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool. |
| Combing | n. | That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair. |
| Combing | n. | Hair arranged to be worn on the head. |
| Combing | n. | See Coamings. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “COMBING”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Barbershop treatment | 1 answer |
| Pet-show preparation | 1 answer |
| Searching thoroughly | 1 answer |
| rake through | 2 answers |
| Salon activity | 5 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REETA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with COMBING (5)
When she stole softly to the edge of the lagoon she might see them by the score, especially on Marooners’ Rock, where they loved to bask, combing out their hair in a lazy way that quite irritated her; or she might even swim, on tiptoe as it were, to within a yard of them, but then they saw her and dived, probably splashing her with their tails, not by accident, but intentionally.
She still took pride in neatly combing and coiling her wonderful black hair, but as the days passed she found it more and more comfortable to work in her blue flannel wrapper.
The river was leaden; all distances the same; and even the far-reaching ranks of combing white-caps were dully shaded by the dark, rich atmosphere through which their swarming legions marched.
With the gold she is combing, I count her More costly than England could ransom: So witty, so wealthy, my lady Is worth them,--and Ireland beside!” Then Tosti came in, and called Cormac out to some work or other; but he said:-- (9) “Take my swift-footed steel for thy tiding, Ay, and stint not the lash to him, Tosti: On the desolate downs ye may wander And drive him along till he weary.
There, she's coming up.” The dory had been towing astern, and the seas combing over her had swamped her.
Quotes with COMBING (3)
Dave walked closer to me, his dark eyes combing my every move. "Do you always hold your guitar like that?" I dropped my pick. "Do you always shop at Hot Topic?
On to the library. And all through his time at the card catalog, combing the shelves, filling out the request cards, he danced a silent, flirtatious minuet of the eyes with a rosy-cheeked redhead in the biology section, pages of notes spread before her. All his life, he had had a yen for women in libraries. In a cerebral setting, the physical becomes irresistible. Also, he figured he was really more likely to meet a better or at least more compatible woman in a library than i…
In spite of the three hours I spent combing over the details, I have, to this day, a very persistent certainty that hidden inside me is the revolting knowledge of days when I wasn't quite myself. I now suspect that my inexplicable bouts of exhaustion are due to the massive effort of keeping those days behind me.
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Appears in: CrosSynergy, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1970–2013).