Comb out has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
remove unwanted elements
"The company weeded out the incompetent people"
"The new law weeds out the old inequities"
2
smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
"comb your hair before dinner"
"comb the wool"
Example Sentences
"The company weeded out the incompetent people"
verb
"The new law weeds out the old inequities"
verb
"comb your hair before dinner"
verb
"comb the wool"
verb
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)