Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to comb
Participle: combed
Gerund: combing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | comb |
| you | comb |
| he;she;it | combs |
| we | comb |
| you | comb |
| they | comb |
Perfect
| I | have combed |
| you | have combed |
| he;she;it | has combed |
| we | have combed |
| you | have combed |
| they | have combed |
Past
| I | combed |
| you | combed |
| he;she;it | combed |
| we | combed |
| you | combed |
| they | combed |
Pluperfect
| I | had combed |
| you | had combed |
| he;she;it | had combed |
| we | had combed |
| you | had combed |
| they | had combed |
Future
| I | will comb |
| you | will comb |
| he;she;it | will comb |
| we | will comb |
| you | will comb |
| they | will comb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have combed |
| you | will have combed |
| he;she;it | will have combed |
| we | will have combed |
| you | will have combed |
| they | will have combed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | comb |
| you | comb |
| he;she;it | comb |
| we | comb |
| you | comb |
| they | comb |
Perfect
| I | have combed |
| you | have combed |
| he;she;it | have combed |
| we | have combed |
| you | have combed |
| they | have combed |
Imperfect
| I | combed |
| you | combed |
| he;she;it | combed |
| we | combed |
| you | combed |
| they | combed |
Pluperfect
| I | had combed |
| you | had combed |
| he;she;it | had combed |
| we | had combed |
| you | had combed |
| they | had combed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would comb |
| you | would comb |
| he;she;it | would comb |
| we | would comb |
| you | would comb |
| they | would comb |
Perfect
| I | would have combed |
| you | would have combed |
| he;she;it | would have combed |
| we | would have combed |
| you | would have combed |
| they | would have combed |
Imperative
| you | comb |
| we | Let's comb |
| you | comb |
Verbs conjugated like 'comb'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'comb'
bomb,
cob,
come,
comp,
tomb,
womb,
bob,
boob,
cab,
cam,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
camb "comb," lit. "toothed object," from W.Gmc.
*kambaz, from PIE
*gombhos, from base
*gembh- "to bite, tooth" (cf. Gk.
gomphos "a molar tooth," Skt.
gambha-s "tooth"). As a verb, replaced O.E.
cemban, which survives in
unkempt.
2. From Middle English comb, from Old English camb (“comb”), from Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz (“comb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth”), a doublet of cam. The verb is derived from the noun and displaced the older verb kemb.
3. Cognates
4. Compare Saterland Frisian Koum, Swedish/Dutch kam, Danish kam, Norwegian kam, German Kamm; also Tocharian B keme, Lithuanian žam̃bas (“sharp edge”), Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ), Albanian dhëmb, Ancient Greek γομφίος (gomphíos, “backtooth, molar”), Sanskrit जम्भ (jambha)).
Verbs referencing "comb"
Luxembourgish
kämmen, Esperanto
kombi, Proto-Slavic
zęti, Tok Pisin konim.
Sample Sentences
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To tell the truth, then, Miss Ophelia loved him. When a boy, it had been hers to teach him his catechism, mend his clothes, comb his hair, and bring him up generally in the way he should go; and her heart having a warm side to it, Augustine had, as he usually did with most people, monopolized a large share of it for himself, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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She found Marie sitting up in her easy-chair, with Mammy standing by her, combing her hair; Jane sat on the ground before her, busy in chafing her feet.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)